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Volume  33 


NURSES'  ALUMNAE 
ASSOCIATION 


UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND 
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Volume  33 


Seldom  does  a  committee  chairman  have  on  one  committee  such 
cooperative,  talented  and  willing  workers  as  were  the  members  of  this 
year's  University  of  Maryland  Nurses  Alumnae  Bulletin  Committee.  Despite 
the  pressing  responsibilities  of  home  and  professional  obligations,  each 
member  of  the  committee  gave  generously  of  her  time  to  attend  meetings, 
interview  those  who  contributed  the  news,  and  organize  for  you  the 
Alumnae  Bulletin  for  1954.  The  committee  chairman  would  like  to  toss 
a  personal  verbal  bouquet  to  each  member,  but  having  worked  with  each 
one  long  enough  to  know  her  readiness  for  work  without  desire  for  recog- 
nition, I  shall  simply  say,  "Thank  you." 

Elizabeth  R.  Singleton,  Chairman 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

Officers  of  the  Alumnae  Association  page 

1954 1 

1955 2 

Greetings 

President,  Alumnae  Association 3 

President,  American  Nurses  Association 4 

New  Personnel 

Dr.  Wilson  Homer  Elkins 5 

Dr.  William  Spencer  Stone 7 

Miss  Aurelia  C.  Willers 8 

Dr.  Charles  van  Buiskirk 9 

Mr.  Albert  Wnuk 10 

Annual  Banquet  Report 11 

Golden  Anniversary  of  Sara  Yarger,  Class  of  1904 12 

Reunion  Class  News 

1904 13 

1929 13 

1934 14 

1939 14 

1944 15 

1949,  June 15 

1949,  October 16 

Program  Changes  in  Nursing  at  the  University  of  Maryland 17 

The  Program  in  Practical  Nursing 19 

Feature  Articles 

Professional  Counseling  and  Placement  Service 20 

The  Development  of  Nursing  Education  in  Maryland  (1634-1940') 22 

The  Effectiveness  of  Students'  Teaching  in  Pre-Natal  Clinic 32 

University  Hospital  Fluid  Team 37 

A  Cardio-Pulmonary  Physiology  Laboratory 38 

Highlights  from  the  1954  A.N. A.  Convention 40 

The  Girl  with  the  Lamp 44 

Report  of  the  Needlework  Guild 45 

History  of  the  Nurses'  Alumnae  Pin 45 

Janet  Hale  Memorial  Scholarship 45 

Library  Report 46 

Volunteer  Public  Health  Nursing  Program 46 

The  Alumnae  Museum 47 

Private  Duty  Policy  Changes 48 

School  and  Hospital  Plates 48 

Psychiatric  Institute 49 

Personal  News  Items 50 

Marriages 62 

Births 64 

Necrology 68 

Uniform  Regulations 69 

Cap  Service  Information 70 

Directory  Regulations 71 

Annual  Report  of  the  Treasurer 73 

Honorary  Members 76 

Graduates  of  1954 77 

Advertisements 79 


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OUTGOING  OFFICERS  OF  THE  ALUMNAE  ASSOCIATION 
WHO  SERVED  IN    1954 

Martha  Curtiss,  '48 President 

Buckingham  Apts.,  3706  N.  Charles  St.-18.     HOpkins  7-1784 

Milbrey  Neikirk,  '29   First  Vice-President 

Eugenia  Crow  Kiser,  '47    Second  Vice-President 

Carol  Hosfeld,  '50 Recording  Secretary 

Carolyn  Myers,  '53 Corresponding  Secretary 

Box  2,  University  Hospital-1 

Blanche  M.  Horine,  '21    Treasurer 

3939  Cloverhill  Rd.-18 

EXECUTIVE   BOARD 

Flora  M.  Streett,  '38  Shirley  L.  Milke,  '45 

Mary  B.  Besett,  '46  Maria  Sagardia,  '43 

DIRECTORY   COMMITTEE 

Miss  Eva  Popp,  '46,  Chairman 
Gertrude  D.  Etzler,  '15  Mary  J.  Wellante,  '49 

Thelma  Ey,  '47  Wilhelmina  McCann,  '23 

Edna  N.  Gareis,  '40  Esther  Uber,  '34 

Ellen    C.    Lloyd,    '17 

Mrs.  Crawford  Heath,  Registrar 
2842  N.  Calvert  St.-18         BElmont  5-8491 

NOMINATING   COMMITTEE 

Thelma  Kleckner,  '47,  Chairman 
Ethel  M.  Troy,  '17  Helen  Maxwell,  '52 

Annette  M.  Wills,  '48 

BULLETIN    COMMITTEE 

Elizabeth  R.  Singleton,  '47,  Chairman   (1955) 
Mabel  W.  Simmont,  '47  Joyce  Johnson,  '52  (1955) 

Co-Chairman  (1955)  Thelma  Kleckner,  '47  (1955) 

Phyllis  M.  Johnson,  '49  (1956)  Freda  Michelitch,  '47  (1954) 

Mary  A.  Brislin,  '51  (1956)  Kathryn  P.  Donnelly,  '48  (1954) 

Dorothy  B.  Arthur,  '49  (1956)  Jennie  B.  Tegler,  '48  (1954) 

EDUCATION    COMMITTEE 

Virginia  C.  Conley,  '40,  Chairman 
Bessie  M.  Arnurius,  '20  Wilda  Snyder,  '34 

Kathryn  Williams,  '45  Doris  Stevens,  '51 

REPRESENTATIVES   FROM  THE   ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION   ON   THE 
U.  OF  M.  ALUMNI  COUNCIL 

Virginia  Stack,  '33 
Flora  M.  Streett,  '38  Lolah  M.  Mihm,  '39 

PUBLICATION    COMMITTEE 

Barbara  Ardis,  '45,  Chairman 
Elizabeth  R.  Singleton,  '47  Frances  T.  Jannarone,  '36 

Helen  W.  King,  '44  Mabel  W.  Simmont,  '47 

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OFFICERS  OF  THE  ALUMNAE  ASSOCIATION 
1955 

Mary  France  Dennis,  '47 President 

51  Murdock  Road,  Baltimore  12,  Md. 

Martha  Curtiss,  '48  First  Vice-President 

Doris  Stevens,  '51   Second  Vice-President 

Carol  Hosfeld,  '50    Recording  Secretary 

Carolyn  Myers,  '53 Corresponding  Secretary 

Box  2,  University  Hospital-1 
Blanche  Martin  Horine,  '21,  3939  Cloverhill  Rd.-18 Treasurer 

EXECUTIVE    BOARD 

Mary  M.  Riffle,  '28  Shirley  L.  Milke,  '45 

Dorothy  Herbert,  '17  Maria  Sagardia,  '43 

DIRECTORY   COMMITTEE 

Margaret   Warfield   Ellis,   '50,    Chairman 
Gertrude  D.  Etzler,  '15  Ellen  C.  Lloyd,  '17 

Elizabeth  Ray,  '51  Joan  Gleason,  '50 

Edna  N.  Gareis,  '40  Jean  Groton,  '50 

Dorothy  Kenoy,  '49 

NOMINATING   COMMITTEE 

Annette  M.  Wills,  '48,  Chairman 
Betty  Shubkagel,  '54  Helen  Maxwell,  '52 

Emily  Fitzgerald  Pusey,  '54 

BULLETIN    COMMITTEE 

Miriam  Croft,  '52,  Chairman  (1957) 
Mabel  Simmont,  '47  Joyce  Johnson,  '52  (1955) 

Co-Chairman  (1955)  Thelma  Kleckner,  '47  (1955) 

Phyllis  M.  Johnson,  '49  (1956)  Delores  Tucker,  '53  (1957) 

Mary  A.  Brislin,  '51  (1956)  Norma  Yeager,  '48  (1957) 

Jayne  Johnson,  '47  (1957)  Helen  Flannigan,  '49  (1957) 

EDUCATION   COMMITTEE 

Virginia  Conley,  '40,  Chairman 
Bessie  M.  Arnurius,  '20  Ethel  Troy,  '17 

Kathryn  Williams,  '45  Helen  Wheatley,  '52 

REPRESENTATIVE    FROM    THE    ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION    ON    THE 
U.    OF    M.    ALUMNI    COUNCIL 

Flora  M.  Streett,  '38  Mary  France  Dennis,  '47 

Virginia  Stack,  '33 

PUBLICATION   COMMITTEE 

Helen  W.  King,  '44,  Chairman 
Verna  Zang,  '52  Frances  T.  Jannarone,  '36 

Nancy  Silvers,  '52  Jeanne  Patten,  '53 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND 


TO  THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  NURSES' 
ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

Another  year  has  passed  and  the  Alumnae  Association  has  continued 
its  efforts  to  carry  out  its  commitments  and  to  assume  new  obligations. 

I  want  to  express  my  sincere  appreciation  to  all  those  members  who 
so  generously  gave  of  their  time  and  interest  during  this  past  year.  There 
is  a  great  deal  of  satisfaction  to  be  gained  from  participation  in  Alumnae 
activities,  and  I  truly  hope  that  future  years  will  bring  about  increased  mem- 
bership and  more  active  participation  with  the  group. 

Our  monthly  programs  during  the  past  year  were  very  interesting,  and, 
I  believe,  were  responsible  for  our  fine  meeting  attendance. 

A  record  attendance  was  noted  at  the  annual  banquet  and  dance  in 
June  for  the  graduating  class,  and  I  hope  this  will  continue  to  increase  in 
coming  years.  The  committee  deserves  much  credit  for  making  the  occasion 
such  an  ejoyable  one. 

We  should  be  very  proud  of  the  results  of  the  Needlework  Guild  drive 
which  reported  a  total  of  355  garments  contributed  by  the  Alumnae  this 
year.  Our  quota  is  244  garments  in  cooperation  with  the  Women's  Board, 
so  let  us  continue  to  do  this  well  in  future  drives. 

As  most  of  you  know,  in  December  the  Alumnae  sponsored  a  play  given 
by  the  Vagabond  Players,  a  local  theatre  group.  The  proceeds  from  this 
new  venture  were  added  to  our  Scholarship  Fund.  Our  profit  was  derived 
primarily  from  those  who  so  generously  patronized  this  project  and  I  want 
to  express  our  sincere  thanks  to  them.  The  committee  worked  long  and 
hard  to  make  this  affair  a  success  and  the  committee  members  and  all 
those  who  assisted  them  should  be  commended  for  their  efforts. 

In  conclusion  I  would  like  to  say  that  serving  as  president  of  this 
Association  has  been  a  fine  experience  and  an  enjoyable  one  as  well  as 
a  high  honor  to  me.  I  extend  best  wishes  to  my  successor  and  I  sincerely 
hope  that  she  will  have  the  support  and  encouragement  of  all  of  our 
membership. 

Martha  Curtiss,  President,  1954 
University    of    Maryland 
Nurses'  Alumnae  Association 


BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES     ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 


IT  IS  WITH  SINCERE  PLEASURE  THAT  I  EXTEND 
GREETINGS  TO  YOU,  THE  ALUMNAE  OF  THE  SCHOOL  OF 
NURSING,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND. 

YOU  ARE  TO  BE  CONGRATULATED  AS  A  GROUP  OF 
NURSES  WHO  MAINTAIN  THE  HIGHEST  IDEALS  OF  OUR 
PROFESSION  AND  FOR  THE  INSPIRATION  AND  GUIDANCE 
YOU  GIVE  TO  GRADUATES  AS  THEY  BEGIN  THEIR  CAREERS 
IN  NURSING. 

WE  ARE  PARTICULARLY  HAPPY  IN  THE  RELATION- 
SHIP THAT  EXISTS  BETWEEN  YOUR  ASSOCIATION  AND 
THE  AMERICAN  NURSES'  ASSOCIATION.   YOU  HAVE 
ACTIVELY  ENCOURAGED  MEMBERSHIP  IN  THIS  PROFES- 
SIONAL ASSOCIATION  BY  EXPLAINING  ITS  PROGRAMS 
AND  POLICIES  TO  NEW  GRADUATES  AND  STUDENTS. 

MANY  OF  YOUR  MEMBERS  HAVE  HELPED  GUIDE  AND 
DIRECT  THE  AMERICAN  NURSES'  ASSOCIATION  IN  ITS 
EFFORTS  TO  PROMOTE  HIGH  STANDARDS  OF  NURSING 
CARE  AND  THE  WELFARE  OF  NURSES  TO  THE  END  THAT 
ALL  PEOPLE  MAY  HAVE  BETTER  NURSING  CARE. 

MAY  WE  CONTINUE  THIS  CLOSE -AND  REWARDING 
ASSOCIATION  FOR  IT  IS  UPON  NURSES  SUCH  AS  YOU 
THAT  THE  FUTURE  OF  OUR  PROFESSION  DEPENDS. 

Agnes  Ohlson,  R.N.,  President 

American  Nurses'  Association  for 
University  of  Maryland 
Nurses'  Alumnae  Association 


Wilson  Homer  Elkins,  BA.,  MA.,  Litt.B.,  D.Piiil 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND 


DR.   WILSON   ELKINS 

By  Hortense  B.  Tegler 

Dr.  Wilson  Elkins,  46,  son  of  Mae  and  Will  Elkins,  was  born  in  Medina, 
Texas,  where  his  father  had  a  small  ranch. 

When  he  was  3  years  old,  the  Elkinses  switched  to  truck  farming,  and  the 
family  moved  to  Edgewood,  now  part  of  San  Antonio. 

He  attended  Brackenridge  High  School  where  he  was  an  honor  student 
and  star  athlete.  He  enrolled  at  Schreiner  Institute  after  graduation  but 
returned  home  in  a  few  weeks  with  a  broken  leg  suffered  in  football  prac- 
tice. The  next  fall  he  went  to  the  University  of  Texas  in  Austin  on  a 
scholarship  and  again  broke  the  same  leg  in  football  practice.  He  returned 
to  Schreiner  for  that  year. 

Again  in  1928  he  enrolled  at  the  University  of  Texas,  and  during  his  four 
years  there  won  eight  varsity  letters  in  football,  baseball,  and  track.  In  his 
senior  year,  he  was  tapped  for  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  headed  the  Student 
Government  Association. 

He  accumulated  so  many  credits  at  Schreiner  that  he  could  have  earned 
his  degree  in  three  years,  but  he  wanted  to  play  football  another  year,  so  he 
stretched  his  credits  over  four  years  and  filled  in  the  gaps  with  graduate 
courses.  Consequently,  he  received  both  an  A.B.  in  American  history  and 
an  M.A.  in  government  in  1932. 

He  taught  history  and  coached  in  a  high  school  in  Cisco,  Texas  as  his 
first  job.  Then  he  decided  to  go  back  to  academic  life  and  applied  for  and 
received  a  Rhodes  scholarship. 

During  his  three  years  at  Oxford  he  took  advantage  of  the  generous 
vacation  periods  and  visited  virtually  every  country  in  Europe,  but  spent 
more  time  in  Spain  because  it  was  the  cheapest  place  to  stay. 

He  had  been  a  broadjumper  and  dash  man  at  Texas  and  so  went  out 
for  track.  But  the  captain  needed  only  a  pole  vaulter.  So,  even  though 
Elkins  could  jump  farther  and  run  the  220  faster,  he  became  a  pole  vaulter 
and  won  his  "blue,"  an  enormous  swatch  of  wool  muffler,  for  taking  first 
place  at  a  Cambridge  meet,  then  he  had  to  pay  for  it. 

He  received  his  Litt.B.  and  Ph.D.  degrees  in  1936  and  sailed  for  home. 
His  thesis  had  been  written  on  British-American  commercial  relations  and 
he  planned  a  career  in  foreign  commerce.  Because  of  the  depression,  good 
government  jobs  were  hard  to  find. 


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The  University  of  Texas  invited  him  to  join  the  faculty  and  he  accepted. 
Six  months  later  he  was  introduced  to  Dorothy  Blackburn  who,  in  June, 
1937,  became  Mrs.  Elkins. 

In  1938  Dr.  Elkins  assumed  the  presidency  of  San  Angelo  Junior  College. 
It  was  a  formidable  task  building  something  out  of  nothing,  but  by  the 
time  he  left  in  1948,  enrollment  had  jumped  from  150  to  1,000. 

Then  he  moved  into  the  presidency  of  the  Texas  School  of  Mines  and 
Metallurgy  at  El  Paso.  Though  founded  in  1913  as  a  part  of  the  state 
university,  it  had  changed  into  a  co-educational  institution  with  a  liberal 
arts  program  as  big  as  its  technical  one. 

Dr.  Elkins  helped  rename  it  Texas  Western,  and  raised  its  standards 
and  also  introduced  successful  extension  and  evening  programs. 

Last  spring  he  was  told  by  a  friend  that  he  was  under  consideration  for 
presidency  of  the  University  of  Maryland.  Soon  a  letter  arrived  from  Judge 
William  P.  Cole,  Jr.,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  and  two  weeks 
later  Dr.  Elkins  came  to  College  Park  for  an  interview.  He  returned  in 
May  to  meet  the  full  administrative  board,  and  this  time  his  appointment 
became  official. 

Dr.  Elkins  has  made  the  transition  from  a  small  school  of  3,000  to  the 
University  of  Maryland  with  incredible  composure. 

Dr.  Elikns  is  particularly  interested  in  the  nurses  and  the  School  of 
Nursing.  He  served  for  three  years  in  Texas  on  the  State  Committee  for 
Improvement  of  Nursing  Service  and  also  served  on  another  committee  of 
Curriculum  Development  in  Nursing. 

It  is  his  desire  to  further  develop  the  collegiate  program  in  nursing.  He 
was  astounded  at  the  number  enrolled  this  fall  in  the  program.  Also, 
he  wishes  to  further  develop  the  one  year  program  of  practical  nursing, 
the  latter  one  being  dependent  upon  future  state  appropriations.  These 
"bedside"  nurses  would  give  more  time  for  supervisory  and  administrative 
duties  of  the  college-educated  nurse. 

Above  all,  it  is  his  desire  to  raise  the  scholastic  standards  of  the  entire 
University  and  to  be  able  to  visit  the  numerous  world-wide  campuses  of  the 
University  of  Maryland. 

We  extend  to  Dr.  Elkins  our  very  best  wishes  for  a  pleasant  tenure 
of  office  as  president  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 


William  Spencer  Stone,  BS.,  MS.,  M.D.,  D.Sc. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND 


WILLIAM   SPENCER   STONE 


We  would  like  to  welcome  William  Spencer  Stone  as  the  Director  of 
Medical  Education  and  Research  of  the  University  of  Maryland.  Dr.  Stone 
was  born  in  Ogden,  Utah.  He  received  his  Bachelor  of  Science  Degree 
in  1924  and  his  Master  of  Science  Degree  in  1925  from  the  University 
of  Idaho.  He  was  graduated  in  Medicine  from  the  University  of  Louis- 
ville, Louisville,  Kentucky,  in  1929,  and  he  received  his  Doctor  of  Science 
Degree  from  the  same  university  in   1946. 

Dr.  Stone  entered  the  Army  Medical  Service  in  1929  and  held  positions 
in  education  and  research  fields  in  various  Army  installations  including 
Walter  Reed  General  Hospital,  Gorgas  Hospital,  the  Surgeon  General's 
office,  and  the  Army  Medical  Service  Graduate  School.  He  has  been  the 
Army  representative  to  the  National  Research  Council.  He  has  also  been 
a  member  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  New  York  Academy  of 
Medicine. 

Dr.  Stone  has  worked  primarily  in  fields  of  physiological  and  microbio- 
logical research  and  medical  education.  His  last  position  before  coming  to 
the  University  was  in  command  of  the  Graduate  School,  Army  Medical 
Service,  located  at  the  Walter  Reed  Hospital. 

Because  of  his  keen  interest  in  nursing  education  and  nursing  service, 
Dr.  Stone  is  an  active  supporter  of  the  trends  in  nursing  which  seek  to 
improve  programs  in  nursing  education  which  will  better  prepare  nursing 
personnel  at  all  levels  to  meet  the  ever  growing  need  for  health  services  in 
communities  across  the  nation. 

In  a  recent  conference  concerning  the  inauguration  of  the  University 
of  Maryland's  four-year  program  which  leads  to  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  science  in  nursing,  Dr.  Stone  remarked,  "We  are  living  in  a  new  era 
of  medicine  and  old  plans  are  bound  to  be  replaced  by  new  ones. 

"The  World  Health  Organization  demands  nurses  with  a  college  back- 
ground. The  United  States  Army  pays  registered  nurses  from  diploma 
schools  $4,000  a  year  to  attend  college  so  that  they  can  better  meet  the 
needs  of  the  Army. 

"The  professional  nurses'  work  in  the  late  war  in  Korea  has  recently 
demonstrated  the  nurses'  needs  for  scientific  training.  The  University  of 
Maryland  exists  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  community,  the  State  and  the 
nation.    We  should  and  must  meet  these  needs." 


BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES     ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 


AURELIA   C.   WILLERS 

Miss  Aurelia  C.  Willers,  R.N.,  has  been  appointed  to  the  newly  created 
post  of  director  of  nursing  service  at  University  Hospital,  according  to  Dr. 
William  S.  Stone,  director  of  medical  education  and  research  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland. 

"Heretofore,  the  administrative  position  of  dean  of  the  school  of  nursing 
and  director  of  nursing  service  have  been  combined  in  one  person,"  Dr. 
Stone  said. 

"During  the  last  ten  years,  the  dual  position  has  been  held  by  Dean 
Florence  M.  Gipe.  Since  the  advent  of  the  four-year  degree  course  in  the 
School  of  Nursing,  there  has  been  an  increasing  realization  by  all  con- 
cerned that  responsibilities  of  the  position  of  dean  were  such  as  to  require 
the  full  and  undivided  attention  of  one  person. 

"Toward  this  end,"  Dr.  Stone  added,  "the  position  of  director  of  nursing 
service  was  created." 

Miss  Willers  is  a  native  of  Indiana  and  received  her  B.S.  degree  from 
Indiana  University.  She  graduated  from  the  Indiana  University  School  of 
Nursing  in  1930.  Appointed  as  assistant  head  nurse  at  Riley  Hospital,  she 
became  head  nurse  in  1932. 

For  the  following  year,  she  was  employed  as  clinical  instructor  at  the 
Indiana  School  of  Nursing. 

In  1938,  she  assumed  the  additional  assignment  of  nursing  arts  instructor. 

In  1942,  she  was  recruiting  nurse  at  the  General  Hospital  at  the  Indiana 
University  Medical  Center. 

She  became  a  member  of  the  United  States  Army  Nurse  Corps  in  1943 
and  served  until  late  in  1945.  For  her  distinguished  foreign  war  record, 
a  part  of  which  was  under  enemy  bombing,  she  was  awarded  a  Bronze 
Star. 

Her  appointment  at  University  Hospital  was  effective  November  30,  1954. 


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UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND 


CHARLES   VAN   BUISKIRK 

Many  of  us  at  University  Hospital  have  probably  passed  in  the  corridors 
or  met  on  the  wards  adding  a  consultation  note  to  a  patient's  chart,  a  tall, 
reserved  gentleman  thoughtfully  smoking  a  pipe.  This  "quiet  man" 
answers  to  the  name  of  Doctor  Charles  van  Buiskirk,  Professor  of  Neu- 
rology, a  still  relatively  new  department  in  the  University  of  Maryland 
School  of  Medicine.  Dr.  van  Buiskirk  who  assumed  his  duties  at  the  Uni- 
versity, July  1st,  1954  was  born  in  neighboring  Pennsylvania. 

A  medical  career  was  launched  when  he  enrolled  in  pre-medical  school 
at  Westminster  College  in  Fulton,  Missouri.  After  completing  his  basic 
training,  Dr.  van  Buiskirk  entered  Graduate  School  at  St.  Louis  University 
where  he  received  his  Master's  degree  in  microanatomy  as  well  as  his  Ph.D. 
It  was  here  that  he  became  especially  interested  in  the  nervous  system  and 
decided  to  specialize  in  neurology.  After  awhile  it  seemed  "only  natural 
to  be  interested  in  the  nervous  system."  At  Albany  Medical  College,  Dr. 
van  Buiskirk  earned  his  M.D.  Another  important  event  in  his  life 
occurred  there  when  he  met  and  married  a  nurse,  as  some  of  us  may  be 
interested  in  knowing. 

After  an  internship  at  Henry  Ford  Hospital  in  Detroit,  he  went  on  to 
the  University  of  Minnesota  where  he  received  special  training  in  neu- 
rology as  well  as  a  Master's  degree  in  this  field.  From  a  teaching  position 
at  the  University,  Dr.  van  Buiskirk  came  to  Baltimore  and  the  University 
of  Maryland. 

His  experience  has  been  primarily  in  the  clinical  field  rather  than  in 
research.  Since  he  is  at  home  in  the  classroom,  Dr.  van  Buiskirk  hopes  to 
develop  a  neurological  training  program  for  residents  in  the  near  future. 

As  the  program  materializes,  he  hopes  to  be  able  to  devote  more  time 
to  his  pride  and  joy,  a  three-year-old  daughter  whose  name  causes  his 
eyes  to  sparkle  and  a  smile  to  gather  at  his  lips.  Fly  fishing  for  trout  and 
bass  will  consume  most  of  his  remaining  leisure  time. 

We  hope  Dr.  van  Buiskirk  continues  his  work  at  the  University  for  we 
are  attempting  to  make  him  feel  he  is  a  member  of  our  happy  family. 


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ALBERT  GEORGE  WNUK 

A  newcomer  to  our  hospital  since  July  is  Mr.  Albert  George  Wnuk, 
Administrative  Assistant  and  Director  of  Outpatient  Department.  Mr. 
Wnuk  was  born  on  May  18,  1920  in  Dickson  City,  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  Wnuk  graduated  from  the  Memorial  High  School  in  Hanover 
Township,  Pennsylvania  on  June  6,  1938.  He  then  entered  the  Mills  School 
for  Nursing,  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York,  New  York,  graduating  from 
there  in  January,  1943. 

He  worked  for  one  year  for  the  U.  S.  Engineering  Department  Medical 
Division  in  Costa  Rica,  Central  America,  in  first  aid,  sanitation,  and  malaria 
control.  From  1944  to  1946  he  was  in  the  United  States  Army. 

Attending  Villanova  College  from  1947  to  1951,  he  received  his  Bachelor 
of  Science  Degree  and  from  there  went  to  Columbia  University,  receiving 
his  Master  of  Science  Degree  in  Hospital  Administration.  He  gained  his 
experience  as  Administrative  Resident  at  Episcopal  Hospital,  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. 

Before  coming  to  the  University  of  Maryland,  Mr.  Wnuk  was  at  the 
U.  S.  Veterans  Administration  Hospital,  Coatesville,  Pennsylvania.  Mr. 
Wnuk  states  that  he  likes  it  very  much  at  University,  and  we  are  glad  to 
welcome  him. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  11 


THE  ANNUAL  ALUMNAE  BANQUET  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF 
MARYLAND  SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

By  Miriam  Croft,  Class  of  1952,  Chairman 

Once  again  the  main  ballroom  of  the  Emerson  Hotel  was  the  setting  for 
a  gala  affair  when  the  Nurses  Alumnae  Association  played  hostess  to  the 
fifty-one  members  of  the  graduating  class  on  June  4,  1954. 

Father  William  McCroy,  from  the  parish  of  St.  Peter  the  Apostle,  offered 
the  invocation.  Miss  Martha  Curtiss,  president  of  the  Alumnae  Association, 
greeted  the  graduates  and  introduced  the  classes  celebrating  their  quinary 
reunions  beginning  with  the  Class  of  1924. 

Our  guest  speaker  was  the  Reverend  Carter  H.  Harrison  from  St.  John's 
Church,  Elizabeth  City  parish,  Hampton,  Virginia.  The  Reverend  Dr. 
Harrison  left  with  us  a  most  challenging  and  inspirational  message. 

Our  guest  of  honor  was  Mrs.  Sara  Yarger,  who  came  from  Washington, 
D.  C,  to  celebrate  the  anniversary  of  the  fiftieth  year  since  her  graduation. 
Among  the  other  honored  guests  were  Dr.  Florence  Gipe,  dean  of  the 
School  of  Nursing;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Singleton,  instructor  and  counselor  in 
the  School  of  Nursing;  Mr.  George  Buck,  director  of  the  University  Hos- 
pital, and  Mrs.  Buck;  and  Mrs.  Harry  Robinson,  Jr.,  president  of  the 
Women's  Board  of  the  University  Hospital. 

Dr.  Gipe  presented  awards  to  the  graduates  who  excelled  in  various  areas 
of  the  profession  during  their  residence  as  nursing  students. 

On  behalf  of  the  Senior  Class,  Miss  Katherine  Swint,  class  president, 
presented  to  Dr.  Gipe  a  monetary  gift  to  be  applied  to  the  Scholarship 
Fund  for  students  in  the  basic  nursing  programs. 

After  the  banquet  our  evening  was  highlighted  with  dancing  to  the 
delightful  music  of  the  Debonnaires. 


12  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 

THE  GOLDEN  ANNIVERSARY  OF 
SARA  DOUGHERTY  YARGER,  CLASS  OF   1904 

This  reporter  had  a  news  tip  that  the  Alumnae  Association  was  to  have 
as  guest  of  honor  a  graduate  of  the  Class  of  1904,  Sara  Talbot  Dougherty 
Yarger.  Your  reporter  arrived  early  to  interview  this  guest  of  honor  and 
looked  carefully  at  each  alumnae  for  one  who  might  have  the  appearance 
of  a  graduate  with  fifty  years'  experience.  After  a  careful  but  unsuccessful 
search  for  such  a  person,  your  reporter  approached  an  attractive,  bright- 
eyed  fellow  alum  to  ask  if  she  knew  Mrs.  Yarger.  With  an  air  of  surprise 
that  someone  could  be  looking  for  her,  she  identified  herself  as  Mrs.  Yarger, 
and  asked,  "Is  there  something  I  can  do  for  you?" 

"Is  there  something  I  can  do  for  you?" — a  question  followed  by  action 
to  offer  help  seems  to  have  been  a  pattern  by  which  Mrs.  Yarger  has  lived 
these  fifty  years  of  her  full  life  since  graduating  from  the  University  Hos- 
pital Training  School  for  Nurses,  as  our  school  was  known  in  1904.  She 
has  given  generously  of  time,  effort  and  enthusiasm  to  her  profession  and 
family.  A  shy  person,  Mrs.  Yarger  was  more  comfortable  talking  about 
the  changes  that  have  been  made  in  nursing  since  her  graduation  than  in 
talking  about  her  many  achievements. 

It  was  just  shortly  after  Leon  Czolgosz  shot  and  killed  President  William 
McKinley  in  1901  that  Sara  Talbot  Dougherty  entered  the  school  where 
she  was  to  learn  nursing.  She  recalled  the  most  important  moment  of  her 
student  days  as  the  happy  occasion  in  1904  when  she  received  her  diploma. 

On  the  night  of  the  banquet  Mrs.  Yarger  was  wearing  a  circular  pin  on 
the  center  of  which  was  a  red  cross.  Lettered  on  the  circular  part  of  the  pin 
were  the  Latin  words  Qui  patitur  vincit.  Mrs.  Yarger  identified  this  as  her 
class  pin  which  was  designed  by  her  class.  Only  thirteen  of  these  pins  were 
made  and  the  die  was  destroyed.  Twelve  of  the  pins  were  worn  by  the 
members  of  Mrs.  Yarger's  class,  and  the  thirteenth  was  presented  to  Miss 
Katherine  Taylor,  the  superintendent  of  nurses  who  later  designed  the  cap 
which  is  still  worn  by  the  student  nurses  at  the  University  of  Maryland. 

Mrs.  Yarger's  first  job  as  a  graduate  nurse  was  in  a  small  hospital  in 
Savannah,  Georgia,  where  she  worked  for  a  year  before  her  marriage. 
Following  her  marriage  she  moved  to  New  Mexico  where  she  worked 
closely  with  the  Indians  in  that  region.  Six  short  years  after  her  marriage 
her  husband  died  of  Rocky  Mountain  spotted  fever.  She  returned  to  the 
East  with  her  young  son  to  make  her  home  in  the  nation's  capital.  Follow- 
ing in  his  mother's  footsteps,  Mrs.  Yarger's  son  also  was  graduated  from 
the  University  of  Maryland. 

Mrs.  Yarger  has  recently  retired  as  an  admitting  officer  at  Gallinger  Hos- 
pital in  Washington.  Reflecting  back  on  her  rich,  full  life,  Mrs.  Yarger 
stated  that  her  choice  of  a  nursing  career  was  indeed  a  happy  one  and  that 
her  experiences  in  nursing  have  made  it  possible  for  her  to  understand  the 
mind  of  man  and  how  it  works. 

To  you,  Sara  Dougherty  Yarger,  on  the  occasion  of  your  fiftieth  anni- 
versary, we  extend  our  heartiest  congratulations. 


UNIVERSITY   OF   MARYLAND  13 

REUNION   CLASS   NEWS 

CLASS  OF  1904 

On  May  4,  1904,  a  class  of  twelve  nurses  graduated  from  Maryland  Uni- 
versity Training  School. 

On  June  4,  1954,  this  same  class  was  invited  to  attend  the  banquet  of 
the  Class  of  1954;  this  in  honor  of  fifty  years  of  service  in  the  field  of 
nursing.  It  was  a  disappointment,  on  arriving,  to  find  no  other  members 
of  the  class  present;  so  I  was  the  guest  of  honor.  It  was  quite  thrilling  to 
be  escorted  to  the  speakers  table  and  to  be  introduced  to  the  class,  and 
meet  the  younger  nurses.  There  have  been  many  changes  in  the  fifty  years, 
greatest  of  which  is  a  new  hospital. 

Sara  Yarger 

CLASS  REUNION  1929 

June  4,  1954,  was  a  very  gala  occasion  for  the  Class  of  1929  who  cele- 
brated their  twenty-fifth  reunion. 

The  Baltimore  members  of  the  class  played  host  to  our  out  of  town 
members.  Our  reunion  started  Friday  morning  with  a  tour  of  the  Univer- 
sity Hospital  and  the  new  Psychiatric  Unit  which  amazed  all  of  us  with 
its  beauty  and  modern  equipment.  Many  of  the  members  had  not  been 
back  to  visit  since  graduation,  and  it  was  indeed  a  treat  for  them  to  see 
the  many  changes,  which  we  all  agreed  were  wonderful.  Following  the 
tour  Mr.  Stravides  arranged  a  large  table  in  the  nurses'  dining  room  so 
that  we  could  gather  and  have  lunch.  It  was  wonderful  sitting  there  greet- 
ing many  old  friends  that  we  had  known  during  our  days  at  the  Hospital. 
Friday  evening  preceding  the  banquet  we  gathered  at  the  home  of  Grace 
E.  Gosnell  for  a  cocktail  party  and  pictures.  Next — to  the  banquet,  where 
a  most  enjoyable  evening  was  spent  by  all.  Saturday  the  class  was  enter- 
tained at  a  luncheon  at  the  home  of  Hilda  Willis  Evary  at  Pines  on  the 
Severn.  A  delightful  time  was  had  by  all.  Many  pictures  were  taken 
during  the  two-day  celebration  which  we  shall  enjoy  looking  at  during  the 
years  to  come. 

Those  present  for  the  reunion  were:  Vesta  Swartz,  Freda  Fazenbaker 
Gill,  Eva  Mae  Bradburn  Moulton,  Grace  Dick  Gosnell,  Edna  Esterly  Brice, 
Lida  Fite  Lyons,  Haddie  Goodman  Sapero,  Daisy  Mae  Hastings  McGregor, 
Corinne  Miller  Reiber,  Edith  Morgan,  Milbrey  Neikirk,  Mildred  Rankin 
Fisher,  Betty  Roth  Hipp,  Grace  Thawley  Bullok,  Alberta  Wagner,  La  Rue 
Wetzel  Martin,  Hilda  Willis  Evary,  Katherine  Wright  King,  Ruth  Young 
Mace,  and  Evelyn  Zapf.  Miss  Isabell  Zimmerman,  our  class  sponsor,  was 
guest  of  the  class. 

C.  B.  Gillis  Hadden,  of  Jamaica,  was  unable  to  attend,  but  sent  a  very 
nice  letter  and  hopes  to  be  able  to  attend  the  next  one. 

I  am  sure  that  all  of  us  who  attended  this  reunion  are  looking  forward 
to  the  next  one  in  1959.  We  hope  that  the  next  one  will  be  attended  100%. 

Grace  E.  Gosnfll 


14  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

REUNION  OF  THE  CLASS  OF  1934 

Although  twenty  years  have  passed  since  we  last  met  as  a  group,  there 
appears  to  be  only  minor  changes  such  as  the  gray  appearing  among  the 
blonde,  brunette  and  auburn  heads.  Certainly  there  are  some  who  have 
acquired  a  few  more  curves,  while  others  appear  a  bit  more  lean,  but  these 
outward  changes  slip  into  the  background  amid  the  gay  greetings  and 
attempts  to  catch  up  on  the  many  important  events  that  have  occurred  in 
the  lives  of  each  of  us. 

As  I  look  about  I  see  Lois,  Izzy,  Myra  and  Sue;  Kitty,  June,  Wilda  and 
Elizabeth  Koontz  smiling  as  of  old.  Betty  Rice,  Betty  Rhode,  Polly,  Ella, 
Hazel  and  Hollis  chatting  happily.  Miss  Aitkenhead  quietly  smiling  as  she 
looks  about  her  at  the  class  she  guided  so  kindly  through  all  of  its  up 
and  downs.  Once  again  we  hear  the  familiar  expressions  so  characteristic 
of  each  of  the  members. 

Many  of  the  fifteen  present  brought  news  of  the  absent  members  whom 
we  sorely  missed.  Did  your  ears  ring?  Many  questions  and  answers  flew 
across  the  table  and  down  its  length.  Exclamations  of  surprise  and  con- 
gratulations were  heard  again  and  again  as  the  stories  unfolded  to  the 
accompaniment  of  family  photos  and  future  plans. 

As  the  evening  drew  to  a  close,  we  were  all  in  accord — at  our  25th 
anniversary  we  must  have  all  twenty-five  of  our  class  present.  Start 
saving  your  pennies  right  now,  everyone  of  you.  We  shall  all  be  looking 
forward  to  1959  and  that  all  important  day — our  twenty-fifth  anniversary 
and  a  gala  time.  You  will  be  there,  won't  you?  I'll  be  looking  forward 
to  seeing  you. 

Catherine  A.  O'Neil 


REUNION  OF  THE  CLASS  OF  1939 
By  Margaret  Culler  Zell 

The  Class  of  1939  celebrated  its  fifteenth  anniversary  in  June  of  1954 
with  a  reunion  at  the  annual  banquet  for  the  graduates.  The  day  of  the 
banquet  Nancy  Sheppard  entertained  with  a  luncheon  in  her  beautiful  new 
home  in  Catonsville.  Most  of  the  afternoon  was  spent  in  reminiscing,  and 
reading  letters  from  those  unable  to  attend.  In  spite  of  this,  there  was 
still  a  constant  buzzing  of  conversation  during  the  banquet.  Although  all 
twenty-one  members  were  contacted,  only  eight  of  us  were  able  to  be  present. 
These  were  Nancy  Craven  Sheppard,  Thelma  Doyle  Inskeep,  Margaret 
Wilson  Webster,  Dorothy  Danforth  Hope,  Dorothy  Shaff  Walker,  Lolah 
Marshall  Mihm,  Mary  Jane  Roach  and  myself. 

To  those  unable  to  be  with  us — we  missed  you  and  do  hope  to  see  you  all 
in  '59  for  our  20th. 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND  15 

CLASS  OF  1944 

Along  with  other  class  milestones,  last  June  heralded  the  tenth  anni- 
versary of  the  graduating  class  of  1944.  It  hardly  seemed  possible,  and  yet 
it  was  true.  For  most  of  us  it  had  been  ten  years  since  we  had  seen  each 
other.  Yet  that  night  at  the  alumnae  banquet  we  felt  as  though  it  had 
been  only  yesterday.  Our  student  days  came  back  in  full  focus  as  we 
recalled  long  submerged  memories  and  inquired  after  absent  colleagues.  We 
reviewed  the  ten  intervening  years  of  personal  histories  very  quickly.  It 
was  interesting  to  learn  the  different  fields  of  nursing  into  which  circum- 
stance and  individual  interests  had  led.  Some  of  us  discussed  family  life 
and  mused  over  photographs.   It  was  a  very  pleasurable  occasion. 

We  were  very  proud  of  our  representation  at  the  banquet.  The  Class 
of  1944  had  the  largest  percentage  of  members  of  any  reunion  class  present. 
There  were  over  twenty,  some  travelling  from  as  far  as  North  Carolina, 
Missouri,  and  Illinois.  We  sincerely  missed  those  who  were  unable  to 
come;  but  we  hope  to  see  them  all  at  the  next  reunion. 

Alice  Elste  Brown 

CLASS  OF  JUNE,  1949 
By  Eleanor  M.  Harrison 

The  Class  of  June,  1949,  held  its  first  five-year  reunion  on  Friday, 
June  4,  1954,  at  the  Emerson  Hotel  with  a  great  amount  of  reminiscing 
and  laughter.  There  were  eight  of  us  who  donned  our  "Flossies"  that 
eventful  day  just  five  years  before.  Four  of  us  returned  with  news  about 
ourselves  and  those  who  could  not  be  with  us. 

Of  the  eight  of  us,  three  still  live  in  Baltimore.  Dorothy  Bechtold  Arthur 
has  the  distinction  of  being  the  only  one  of  us  still  working  at  University 
Hospital.  Jay  Seiders  Roemer  and  Peggy  Walter  Bitner  have  both  retired 
from  active  nursing  and  are  at  home  raising  their  families. 

Eleanor  Harrison  came  down  from  Detroit,  Michigan,  especially  for  the 
reunion.  She  is  holding  an  industrial  nursing  position  with  the  Chevrolet- 
Detroit  Spring  and  Bumper  Division  but  hopes  to  return  to  Baltimore 
sometime  in  the  near  future. 

There  was  also  news  of  our  absent  classmates.  Jean  Morne  Manley  has 
moved  into  her  new  home  in  Wilmington,  Delaware.  Just  three  weeks 
prior  to  the  reunion,  she  welcomed  a  new  daughter.  Doris  Royer  Burgess 
was  unable  to  be  with  us  as  motherhood  was  about  to  make  its  appearance 
for  the  third  time.  Doris  Shipley  Insley  was  quite  busy  moving  to  Danville, 
Pennsylvania,  where  Dr.  Insley  is  to  be  the  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat 
resident  at  the  local  hospital.  Marty  Bollinger  Holloway  was  busy  getting 
settled  with  her  husband,  Dr.  Bill,  who  has  just  recently  returned  from 
Korea,  and  her  two  children. 

All  of  us  are  anticipating  our  next  reunion  in  five  more  years  with  the 
hopes  that  each  of  us  may  be  there  complete  with  pictures  and  much 
more  news  to  exchange. 


16  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

CLASS  OF  OCTOBER,  1949 

We  could  hardly  believe  that  five  years  had  passed  as  we  of  the  Class 
of  October,  1949,  gathered  together  at  the  banquet  to  celebrate  our  first 
reunion!  We  were  especially  glad  to  welcome  Ana  Maria  Iuruetogoyena 
who  came  all  the  way  from  Cuba  to  attend.  She  is  a  staff  nurse  at  the 
Anglo-American  Hospital  in  Havana  and  reports  that  it  is  quite  different 
from  the  University  of  Maryland.  She  is  visiting  her  sister,  Gilda  Litrenta, 
who  just  resigned  as  head  nurse  on  3B  to  await  an  addition  to  her  family. 

Ruby  Mellor  Beitler  is  working  at  Prince  George  County  Hospital  as 
her  husband  is  stationed  at  Andrews  Air  Force  Base  in  Washington,  D.  C. 
Mary  Warner  Babylon  is  working  for  Public  Health  in  Carroll  County. 

Several  of  our  classmates  present  have  retired  from  active  nursing  to  their 
own  Pediatrics  Department.  Helen  Nuse  Anderson  and  Marjorie  Stewart 
Bagley  hold  the  record  with  three  children.  Maggie  welcomed  twins  to 
her  household.  Nancy  Amadon  Thomas  left  her  husband  and  two  children 
in  Gloversville,  New  York,  to  spend  the  evening  with  us. 

Lois  Doolittle  Cook  is  a  staff  nurse  at  the  Veterans  Administration 
Hospital  on  Loch  Raven  Boulevard.  Dorothy  Koerner  Di  Carlo  has  three 
children  and  does  part  time  duty  in  Obstetrics  at  City  Hospital. 

There  are  several  of  us  still  at  University.  Norma  Schriver  Long  is 
supervisor  of  third  floor.  Ginny  Stull  Flanigan  is  back  at  her  favorite 
spot — 9  BC.  Phyllis  Moody  Johnson  is  head  nurse  and  assistant  supervisor 
on  Obstetrics. 

Flo  Ann  Wright  Bowen  and  Billie  Alcorn  Burkee  joined  us  for  the 
dance.  Flo  Ann  has  two  children  and  is  living  in  Silver  Spring,  Maryland. 
Billie  and  Fred  have  set  up  practice  in  Pennsylvania  and  have  one  child. 

A  good  time  was  had  by  all,  comparing  notes  and  remembering  our 
never-to-be-forgotten  days  in  the  Nurses'  Home.  We  missed  all  of  our 
classmates  who  were  unable  to  attend  and  hope  we  can  make  our  next 
reunion  a  bigger  one. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  17 

PROGRAM  CHANGES  IN  NURSING  AT  THE 
UNIVERSITY   OF   MARYLAND 

Two  significant  changes  have  been  made  in  the  curriculum  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing  and  have  been  approved  by  the 
Board  of  Regents. 

The  first  provides  for  the  discontinuance  of  the  three-year  diploma 
course  in  nursing,  which  has  been  offered  at  University  Hospital  since  1902, 
and  substitutes  a  four-year  course  leading  to  the  degree  of  bachelor  of 
science. 

The  second  major  change  is  the  establishment  of  a  one-year  practical 
nursing  school.  After  successfully  completing  the  course,  students  would  be 
eligible  to  be  licensed  as  practical  nurses. 

These  two  alterations  in  the  present  program,  George  H.  Buck,  director 
of  the  hospital  observed,  will  greatly  relieve  the  existing  shortage  of 
nurses  engaged  in  service  in  hospitals  by  making  available  fewer  but  more 
highly  trained  professional  nurses  qualified  for  nursing  administration 
positions  and  providing  many  more  nurses  trained  specifically  for  bedside 
nursing  only. 

The  new  policy  will  become  effective  in  September,  when  a  new  class 
for  the  three-year  nursing  course  would  normally  be  enrolled.  However,  the 
two  classes  now  in  this  course  will  be  continued  on  through  graduation — 
which  means  that  the  course  will  be  kept  active  until  the  Summer  of  1956. 

Actually  the  School  of  Nursing  at  the  university  has  conducted  a  four- 
year  degree  program  since  1952.  Within  the  last  two  years  the  number 
of  applications  for  enrollment  in  the  baccalaureate  program  has  grown 
steadily  and  now  exceeds  that  of  the  three-year  course. 

The  action  of  the  board  in  limiting  the  curriculum  to  the  four-year  degree 
course  is  in  keeping  with  existing  policy  in  other  university  schools  of 
nursing  in  this  region  including  the  universities  of  North  Carolina,  Texas 
and  Alabama,  Vanderbilt  University,  and  Emory  University,  Atlanta, 
Georgia. 

Dr.  William  S.  Stone,  recently  appointed  director  of  the  medical  sciences 
division  of  the  university,  commenting  on  the  changes,  remarked,  "We 
are  living  in  a  new  era  of  medicine  and  old  plans  are  bound  to  be  replaced 
by  new  ones. 

"The  World  Health  Organization  demands  nurses  with  a  college  back- 
ground," he  went  on.  "The  United  States  Army  pays  registered  nurses 
from  diploma  schools  $4,000  a  year  to  attend  college  so  that  they  can 
better  meet  the  needs  of  the  army. 

"The  professional  nurses'  work  in  the  late  war  in  Korea  has  recently 
demonstrated  the  nurses'  needs  for  scientific  training.    The  University  of 


18  BULLETIN    OF    THE   NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

Maryland  exists  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  community,  the  State  and  the 
nation.  We  should  and  must  meet  these  needs." 

His  views  were  echoed  by  Dr.  Florence  M.  Gipe,  dean  of  the  School  of 
Nursing. 

"The  demand  in  a  large  medical  center,  the  community,  the  State  and 
nation  for  nurses  having  a  scientific  background,"  Dr.  Gipe  said,  "has 
long  been  recognized  by  physicians,  nursing  educators  and  by  nurses 
themselves. 

"The  philosophy  of  professional  nursing  within  the  last  three  years  has 
changed  tremendously." 

— Reprinted  from  The  Evening  Sun,  July  12,  1954. 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND  19 

THE  PROGRAM  IN  PRACTICAL  NURSING 

By  Ethel  M.  Troy,  Director 

Time  passes  and  in  a  dynamic  world  changes  are  wrought  to  meet 
changing  needs  of  the  community. 

There  is  no  need  to  recount  here  the  increased  demands  on  professional 
nurses  which  have  increased  the  need  for  such  personnel  and  at  the  same 
time  heightened  the  prestige  of  the  registered  nurse  while  also  improving 
her  economic  status. 

Surveys  have  been  made  which  show  that  throughout  the  country  this 
channelling  of  large  numbers  of  graduate  nurses  into  administrative  and 
teaching  positions  has  resulted  in  increasing  need  for  well  trained  bedside 
nurses  who  can  move  into  the  "vacuum"  resulting  and  support  the  pro- 
fessional nurse  in  over-all  care  of  the  sick. 

The  Sub-Committee  on  Nursing  Care  which  made  a  survey  in  Maryland 
in  1950  for  the  State  Planning  Commission,  through  the  Committee  on 
Medical  Care,  recognized  this  need  and  made  specific  recommendations 
toward  improving  the  condition. 

During  the  ensuing  years  the  School  of  Nursing,  meeting  the  need  in 
another  area,  developed  its  professional  program  to  concentrate  on  the 
Bachelor  of  Science  degree  in  Nursing.  In  view  of  these  changes  the  Board 
of  Regents  of  the  University  of  Maryland  approved  the  unanimous  recom- 
mendations of  the  Faculty  of  the  School  of  Nursing,  which  were,  first  to 
discontinue  the  three -year  diploma  course  and  second,  to  inaugurate  a  one- 
year  course  in  Practical  Nursing. 

Despite  the  many  problems  attending  the  establishing  of  the  Division  of 
Practical  Nursing — budget,  faculty,  facilities,  State  Board  approval  and 
selection  of  students — the  first  class  was  registered  and  began  classes  on 
November  15,  1954. 

Twenty-one  (21)  women  of  ages  18  to  50  are  enthusiastically  applying 
themselves  to  learning  the  art  of  patient  care  in  the  classrooms  provided 
in  the  hospital,  the  Institute,  the  Out-Patient  Department  and  in  Gray 
Laboratory.  Supervised  clinical  experience  is  provided  concurrently  with 
classes.  Field  trips  will  be  organized  to  further  the  community  awareness 
of  the  students. 

The  program  has  been  developed  with  the  objective  of  preparing  these 
women  to  pass  successfully  the  State  Board  of  Nurses  Examiners  require- 
ments and  become  Licensed  Practical  Nurses. 

As  one  encounters  these  women  in  the  hospital,  identifying  them  by 
their  trig  yellow  uniforms  and  caps,  one  must  be  impressed  with  the 
value  of  such  a  group  who  will  find  their  services  needed  in  hospitals,  in 
homes  for  convalescent  and  chronic  cases,  in  private  homes,  in  homes 
for  the  aged,  in  public  health  agencies  and  other  fields. 

Civilian  Defense  authorities  will  welcome  the  strengthening  of  the  com- 
munity by  the  presence  of  these  practically  trained  women. 


20  BULLETIN    OF    THE   NURSES'   ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

PROFESSIONAL  COUNSELING  AND  PLACEMENT  SERVICE 
MARYLAND  STATE  NURSES  ASSOCIATION 

By  M.  Ruth  Moubray 
Executive  Secretary  and  Counselor,  Maryland  State  Nurses  Association 

Every  nurse  has  the  privilege  of  utilizing  the  Maryland  State  Nurses 
Association  Professional  Counseling  and  Placement  Service.  No  fee  is 
charged  to  nurses  or  to  employers.  The  professional  Counseling  and  Place- 
ment Service  is  supported,  as  are  other  programs  of  the  Maryland  State 
Nurses  Association,  by  the  dues  of  the  members.  However,  membership  is 
not  a  requirement  for  use  of  this  service. 

In  general,  the  following  services  are  offered: 

1.  Counseling  regarding  professional,  educational  and  vocational  prob- 
lems. 

2.  Selective  referral  of  positions  to  nurses  and  nurses  to  positions  accord- 
ing to  the  interests,  needs  and  qualifications  of  the  registrants. 

3.  Information  about  opportunities  in  all  fields  of  nursing. 

4.  Compilation  of  permanent,  cumulative,  confidential  records  of  regis- 
trants, thus  preserving  valuable  reference  material. 

Briefly,  this  is  the  way  PC  &  PS  works.  The  nurse,  wishing  information 
or  wanting  to  discuss  a  problem,  arranges  for  a  personal  interview  with 
the  counselor.  During  the  interview  the  nurse  discusses  her  present  situa- 
tion, her  interests  and  her  professional  preparation  and  experience.  She 
then  files  her  application.  The  counselor  ascertains  from  the  American 
Nurses'  Association  Professional  Counseling  and  Placement  Service  whether 
the  nurse  has  a  previous  record  with  the  Joint  Vocational  Service,  the  Nurse 
Placement  Service  or  the  Professional  Counseling  and  Placement  Service 
in  another  state.  If  she  has  a  previous  record  it  is  brought  up  to  date  and 
sent  to  the  Maryland  State  Nurses  Association  Professional  Counseling  and 
Placement  Service.  If  she  has  no  previous  record  the  counselor  proceeds  to 
obtain  references  from  the  school  of  nursing  and  from  former  employers. 
She  confirms  registration  and  college  or  university  study.  Complete  tran- 
scripts from  schools  of  nursing  or  from  college  or  universities  are  not  ob- 
tained because  a  charge  is  usually  made  for  them  and  because,  when  needed, 
an  original  copy  sent  directly  from  the  school  is  usually  desired. 

When  all  information  possible  has  been  obtained  the  counselor  reviews 
the  complete  record.  She  then  provides  the  nurse  with  confidential  infor- 
mation regarding  available  jobs  which  are  suited  to  her  qualifications  and 
interests.  When  the  nurse  has  decided  that  she  wishes  to  apply  for  a  job 
she  gives  permission  for  the  counselor  to  send  a  copy  of  her  professional 
biography  to  the  prospective  employer.  Frequently  the  counselor  arranges 
for  an  interview  between  the  applicant  and  the  employer.  If  this  is  not 
feasible  she  asks  the  nurse  to  communicate  with  the  employer  to  arrange 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND  21 

for  the  interview.  The  nurse  is  asked  to  keep  the  counselor  informed  of 
development  and,  finally,  whether  she  accepts  the  job.  When  she  accepts  a 
job  the  employer  is  permitted  to  retain  the  professional  biography  as  long 
as  she  is  employed,  after  which  it  should  be  returned  to  the  PC  &  PS.  If  a 
nurse  wishes  to  engage  in  private  duty  nursing  her  professional  biography 
is  referred  to  the  Central  Directory  of  Registered  Nurses. 

Employers  inform  the  counselor  from  time  to  time  about  vacancies  on 
their  staffs.  The  counselor  also  from  time  to  time  follows  up  on  jobs  and 
attempts  to  keep  information  current  regarding  opportunities  and  needs 
and  about  personnel  practices.  Jobs  in  the  various  fields  of  nursing  are  listed 
with  PC  &  PS,  the  greatest  number  being  in  general  duty  and  the  fewest 
in  industrial  and  office  nursing.  Jobs  for  day  duty  only  are  limited  and 
part-time  employment  is  frequently  difficult  to  obtain. 

A  national  referral  system  is  made  possible  through  the  ANA  PC  &  PS 
in  Chicago.  When  qualified  registrants  are  not  available  locally  for  posi- 
tions in  Maryland,  the  jobs  are  cross-filed  with  the  ANA  service  for  referral 
to  nurses  interested  in  coming  to  this  state.  When  nurses  from  Maryland 
wish  to  obtain  employment  in  some  other  part  of  the  country  copies  of  her 
professional  biography  are  cross-filed  with  the  ANA  service.  The  ANA 
PC  &  PS  then  sends  her  confidential  notices  of  positions  available  in  the 
locality  where  she  wishes  to  go.  However,  if  the  nurse  is  interested  in 
going  to  a  specific  state  where  a  PC  &  PS  has  been  established  the  profes- 
sional biography  is  cross-filed  with  the  counselor  in  that  state  rather  than 
with  the  ANA.  In  those  states  where  there  is  no  PC  &  PS  the  Maryland 
counselor  frequently  solicits  information  about  job  opportunities  directly 
from  employers.  Credentials  for  nurses  who  wish  to  go  to  other  countries 
and  for  nurses  from  other  countries  who  wish  to  come  to  the  United  States 
are  handled  through  the  International  Unit  of  the  ANA  in  cooperation 
with  state  counselors.  Opportunities  in  other  countries  are  limited  in  most 
instances  to  nurses  who  have  special  preparation  for  teaching,  administra- 
tion or  public  health.  A  knowledge  of  the  language  is  usually  required  and 
employment  conditions  are  often  less  favorable  than  in  this  country. 


22  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 

THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  NURSING  EDUCATION  IN  MARYLAND 

1634-1940 

By  Florence  Meda  Gipe,  Ed.D. 
Dean  of  the  School  of  Nursing 

Dr.  Gipe  has  given  the  Alumnae  Bulletin  permission  to  print  Chapter  3, 
Training  Schools  for  Nurses  Organized  in  Maryland  1889-1904,  from  her 
Doctoral  Dissertation  which  was  submitted  to  the  Graduate  School  of  the 
University  of  Maryland  in   1952. 

CHAPTER  III 

TRAINING  SCHOOLS  FOR  NURSES  ORGANIZED  IN 

MARYLAND  1889-1904 

Training  Schools  for  Nurses  Associated  with 

Medical  School  Hospitals 

The  first  steps  leading  to  Nurse  Practice  Acts  in  the  United  States  were 
taken  by  the  State  of  New  York  in  1901  when  the  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs  passed  a  resolution  endorsing  the  formation  of  a  Board  of  Examiners 
chosen  by  a  state  society  of  nurses  and  recommended  the  inclusion  of 
nursing  education  in  the  list  of  professions  supervised  by  the  regents.  The 
first  state  to  carry  a  bill  through,  however,  was  North  Carolina.  The  State 
Society  was  formed  in  1902  and  its  nursing  bill  about  a  year  later.  In  1904 
Maryland  became  the  fifth  state  to  develop  such  an  act.1 

During  the  interim  between  the  establishment  of  the  first  organized 
school  of  nursing,  Johns  Hopkins,  in  1889,  and  the  passing  of  the  Maryland 
Nurse  Practice  Act,  sixteen  training  schools  for  nurses  had  been  organized 
in  Maryland.  Moreover,  the  idea  had  generally  been  accepted  by  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association  who  had  appointed  a  committee  as  early  as  1869 
to  study  the  problem  of  training  nurses.  The  report  issued  at  that  time  by 
Dr.  Samuel  D.  Gross,  chairman,  stated  that: 

.  .  .  nursing  in  an  exact  sense  was  as  much  of  an  art  and  a 
science  as  medicine,  and  that  an  educated  intelligent,  conscientious 
nurse  was  a  blessing  to  society  while  one  of  the  opposite  character 
is  a  great  evil,  if  not  a  positive  disgrace.2 
He  further  urged  that  training  schools  for  nurses  be  established  in  con- 
nection with  every  large  hospital  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  and  that  these 
schools  be  sponsored  and  controlled  by   the   medical   profession.   Twenty 
years  after  the  Association's  report  the  first  school  of  nursing  under  medical 
control  was  opened  in  Maryland  by  the  Faculty  of  Physic  of  the  University 
of  Maryland.3  Johns  Hopkins  Training  School  for  Nurses  having  previ- 

1  Lavina  L.  Dock  and  Isabel  M.  Stewart,  A  Short  History  of  Nursing,  G.  P.  Putnam's 
Sons,  New  York,  pp.   147-157. 

2  "The  transactions  of  the  American  Medical  Association  New  Orleans,  May  4th  to 
May  7th,  1869,  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Training  of  Nurses,"  Vol.  XX,  pp. 
161-174. 

3  Records  of  the  Maryland  State  Board  of  Examiners  of  Nurses,  "Survey  Report  on 
the  Inspection  of  the  Training  School  of  the  University  of  Maryland,"  June  10,  1908. 


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23 


ously  been  established  was  under  the  control  of  the  layboard  of  trustees  of 
the  University  and  of  the  Hospital. 

University  of  Maryland  Faculty  of  Physic  Training  School  for  Nurses, 
Baltimore,  December  15,  1889.  Although  the  Baltimore  Infirmary,  Univer- 
sity Hospital,  had  been  established  in  1823  the  controlling  body,  the  Faculty 
of  Physic,  did  not  make  plans  to  open  an  organized  training  school  for 
nurses  until  two  months  after  the  opening  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital 
Training  School.  The  University  of  Maryland  Training  School  so  far  as  it 
is  known  thus  became  the  forty-second  so-called  professional  school  for 
nurses  in  the  United  States. 

The  work  of  caring  for  the  sick  and  injured  in  the  Baltimore  Infirmary 
was  satisfactorily  demonstrated  for  a  period  of  fifty-seven  years  (1823-1880) 
by  two  groups  of  Catholic  Sisters,  the  Sisters  of  Charity  and  the  Sisters  of 
Mercy.  Because  the  Sisters,  however,  complained  that  the  religious  rights 
of  their  orders  were  being  trespassed  upon  by  the  "Doctors  of  Physic,"  the 
latter  decided  to  open  a  professional  school  of  nursing.  The  Baltimore 
American  of  December  15,  1889,  gave  an  account  of  sixteen  Sisters  of 
Mercy  and  the  Superior,  Sister  Mary  Augustine,  leaving  the  hospital,  and 
of  the  arrival  of  the  new  Superintendent  of  Nurses,  "Louisa  Parsons  for- 
merly of  St.  Thomas  Hospital,  London,  and  still  more  lately  of  the  Johns 
Hopkins."  The  account  continued  with  the  following: 

Miss  Parsons  will  be  the  Superintendent  of  the  nurses  training 
quarters  and  will  educate  the  probationers  in  the  art  of  caring  for 
the  sick.  Miss  Flynn  will  have  charge  of  the  domestic  part  of  the 
hospital.4 

The  dual  administrative  arrangement  was  intended  to  separate  nursing 
education  from  nursing  service,  but  because  of  the  urgency  for  nursing 
service  the  intent  of  the  arrangement  was  not  carried  into  action.  The 
nursing  school  from  the  beginning  was  incorporated  with  the  medical 
school  and  hospital  and  was  called  the  University  of  Maryland  Faculty  of 
Physic  Training  School  for  Nurses.3 

In  the  first  annual  circular  of  the  School  of  Medicine,  following  the 
opening  of  the  Training  School,  there  is  this  announcement: 

The  growing  demand  for  the  services  of  trained  nurses  has  in- 
duced the  hospital  authorities  to  establish  a  nursing  school  in  con- 
nection with  the  service.  As  superintendent  they  have  been  for- 
tunate enough  to  secure  Miss  Louisa  Parsons  late  of  St.  Thomas 
Hospital  of  London  and  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  Balti- 
more, as  well  as  of  the  nursing  staff  during  Sir  Larnet  Wolsley's 
Egyptian  Campaign.  Under  her  guidance  the  pupils  in  the  school 
are  instructed  in  all  that  pertains  to  scientific  nursing.  Lectures  are 

4  Baltimore  American,  Sunday  morning,  December   15,   1889,  p.  5. 

5  Maryland  State  Board  of  Examiners  of  Nurses,  Brief  Report  of  the  First  Survey  of 
Training  Schools  in  Maryland.  The  University  of  Maryland  Faculty  of  Physic  Training 
School  for  Nurses,  June  10,  1908,  p.  2. 


24  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

also  delivered  to  them  by  the  members  of  the  Faculty  of  Physic  on 
Elementary  Anatomy  and  Physiology,  Materia  Medica,  Chemistry, 
Antisepsis,  and  Hygiene  as  well  as  upon  nursing  in  special  prac- 
tice. The  nursing  in  the  hospital  is  thus  conducted  on  the  most 
approved  plan  and  its  large  material  is  available  to  the  pupils  of 
the  school.  For  information  about   the  Training  School   address 
Miss  Louisa  Parsons,  Superintendent  Maryland   University   Hos- 
pital, corner  Greene  and  Lombard  Streets,  Baltimore.6 
The  title  of  the  school  of  nursing  during  the  early  years  seems  somewhat 
vague  and  confusing.  The  vagueness  may  have  led  to  the  misunderstanding 
that  existed  between  the  Faculty  of  Physic  and  the  Directors  of  the  Training 
School  in  relation  to  the  proper  line  of  authority,7  and  probably  caused  the 
great  turnover  in  the  office  of  the  Superintendent  of  Nurses  that  existed  for 
many  years. 

Three  student  nurses  enrolled  December  16,  1889.  Intermittent  admis- 
sions, however,  are  recorded  the  entire  first  year.  In  succeeding  years  stu- 
dents were  admitted  in  the  spring  and  in  the  fall. 

The  University  of  Maryland  nursing  course,  similar  to  the  one  at  Johns 
Hopkins,  was  planned  for  two  years  by  Louisa  Parsons  and  Dr.  McClain 
Tiffany.  Usually  two  hours  of  lectures  a  week  were  given  by  the  doctors 
and  daily  ward  demonstrations  were  given  by  Miss  Parsons  assisted  by  Miss 
Hanum  and  Miss  Carroll,  graduate  nurses,  who  also  assisted  in  the  operat- 
ing room  and  in  the  medical  wards.8  Fields  covered  in  lectures  included 
materia  medica,  surgery,  diseases  of  the  eye,  obstetrics,  nervous  diseases, 
dietetics,  bacteriology,  communicable  diseases,  and  subjects  related  to  prac- 
tical nursing. 

Student  uniforms,  designed  by  Florence  Nightingale,  consisted  of  gray 
and  white  striped  cotton  dresses,  white  aprons  with  square  bibs,  black 
stockings  and  black  high  topped  shoes.  The  cap,  made  of  point  d'esprit, 
was  patterned  and  first  made  by  Miss  Nightingale,  who  presented  it  to 
Miss  Parsons  for  her  first  nursing  school  when  she  came  to  the  United 
States.  The  cap  was  given  to  Miss  Parsons'  first  class  of  students  at  Univer- 
sity Hospital  on  March  15,  1890,  three  months  after  they  had  entered.9 

6  Eighty-Fourth  Annual  Circular  of  the  School  of  Medicine  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land, Baltimore,  1890-1891,  p.  15. 

7  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Medicine,  1907-1908,  "The  Uni- 
versity Training  School  for  Nurses,"  p.  76.  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Maryland 
School  of  Medicine  and  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  1917-1918,  "University 
Hospital  Training  School  for  Nurses,"  p.  101.  1918-1919,  "University  Hospital  Training 
School  for  Nurses,"  p.  102.  1923-1924,  "University  Hospital  School  of  Nursing,"  p.  71. 
1924-1925,  "University  of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing,"  p.  71.  1925-1926,  "University 
of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing,"  p.  71.  Student  nurses'  records  as  late  as  1940  read 
University  Hospital  School  of  Nursing.  In  1940  the  University  of  Maryland  School  of 
Nursing  is  listed  as  an  integral  part  of  the  University.  See  University  of  Maryland  an- 
nouncement 1940-1941. 

8  For  additional  personnel  in  schools  described  in  Chapter  III,  see  Appendix. 

9  A  letter  from  Anna  Louise  Katherine  Schleunes,  a  member  of  the  first  graduating 
class  (1892)  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing,  to  the  Nurses'  Alumnae  Asso- 
ciation, December  1940. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  25 

The  first  day  students  entered  the  Nursing  School,  they  were  sent  to 
the  wards  to  work.  One  calendar  month  was  assigned  as  a  probation  term. 
Following  this  period  a  large  reception  was  given  to  them  by  the  wives  of 
the  faculty  of  the  School  of  Physics.  The  occasion  was  used  to  acquaint  the 
public  with  the  new  "movement."  Directly  or  soon  after  this  probation 
period  student  nurses  were  assigned  to  the  operating  room  as  assistants, 
but  "Louisa  Parsons  was  present  always  to  direct  the  work  and  to  instruct 
the  pupils."  In  1890,  a  new  nurses'  residence,  costing  ten  thousand  dollars, 
was  erected  adjacent  to  the  hospital.10 

After  two  years  of  pioneering,  Louisa  Parsons  resigned  and  returned  to 
England.11  Mrs.  Sidney  Miller,  who  was  an  instructor  in  the  Training 
School,  succeeded  Miss  Parsons.  Under  Mrs.  Miller's  direction  the  first  class 
of  nurses  was  graduated  on  May  4,  1892.12  Following  this  graduation  exer- 
cise Mrs.  Miller  resigned  and  was  succeeded  by  Mrs.  Mary  Wilton,  a 
graduate  of  Women's  Hospital,  Philadelphia.  Mrs.  Wilton  was  succeeded 
in  turn  by  Janet  Hale,  a  member  of  the  first  graduation  class,  who  remained 
as  head  of  the  school  until  1898.13  This  constant  turnover  in  nursing  ad- 
ministrators in  the  first  years  of  the  school  was  undoubtedly  due  to  the 
strong  disagreement  between  the  doctors  and  the  training  school  heads  in 
respect  to  the  philosophy  of  nursing  education. 

The  three-year  course  was  adopted  in  1902  mainly  because  it  had  become 
the  "general  custom."  At  the  time  of  its  adoption  fifty-five  students  were 
in  training  and  admission  standards  were  being  emphasized.  In  an  early 
circular  of  the  Training  School  the  following  is  noted: 

Good  mental  and  physical  health.  At  least  twenty-three  years  of 
age.  Ability  to  read  and  write  legible  English  with  a  clear  under- 
standing of  mental  arithmetic.  Unless  the  candidate  shows  evidence 
of  a  certificate  in  higher  education  a  qualifying  examination  must 
be  passed  before  the  applicant  can  be  admitted.14 
The   first   year   after   the   three-year   course   was   instituted    there    were 
seventy-five  applicants.  Of  these,  twenty-five  were  accepted  as  "probation 
nurses";  twelve  were  finally  admitted  to  the  school.  The  student  nurses 
cared  for  three  hundred  and  fifty-seven  patients  in  1902  and  the  Training 
School  became  very  well  established  and  was  well  received  by  the  com- 
munity. In  a  news  report  of  May  11,  1906,  when  Miss  Nellie  Flanagan,  a 

10  Eugene  Fauntleroy  Cordell,  The  Medical  Annals  of  Maryland,  1799-1899.  Williams 
and  Wilkins  Co.,  Baltimore  1903,  p.  722. 

11  Johns  Hopkins  Nurses'  Alumnae  Magazine,  January  1917,  Vol.  16,  n.  1,  p.  4. 
Louisa  Parsons  died  in  England  on  November  4,  1916,  during  World  War  I.  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Osier,  then  Sir  William  Osier,  who  had  gone  to  England  to  give  his  last  years  of 
service  there  sent  the  Johns  Hopkins  nurses  an  interesting  account  of  her  military 
funeral  held  at  the  Parish  Church  of  Shinfella,  Berkshire,  "an  unusual  scene  probably 
in  its  history  of  more  than   1000  years." 

12  Esther  Horine,  Bulletin  of  the  Nurses'  Alumnae  Association,  "A  Brief  History  of 
the  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing,"   1940,  pp.   13-14. 

13  Yearbook  of  the  Training  School  University  Hospital,  "Miseris  Succurrere  Disco," 
Vol.  1,  p.  31,  Baltimore,  1905. 

14  Circular  of  the  Training  School  of  Maryland  University  Hospital,  Baltimore,  June 
10,   1900,  p.   1. 


26  BULLETIN    OF    THE   NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

1902  graduate  of  the  school,  directed  the  student  nurses,  the  following  was 
recorded: 

As  a  department  of  the  educational  work  of  the  University  of 
Maryland  the  Training  School  for  Nurses  is  upholding  a  standard 
which  will  command  the  respect  and  confidence   of  the   public. 
The  graduates  of  this  school  are  showing  that  their  training  is 
up-to-date,  and  in  keeping  with  the  best  traditions  of  the  Univer- 
sity system,  which  has  aimed  to  be  practical,  conscientious   and 
thorough  in  the  method  of  instruction.13 
Again  in  1907  and  1908  there  were  vacancies  in  the  office  of  the  Super- 
intendent of  Nurses.  It  was  at  this  time  that  Dr.  Arthur  M.  Shipley  and 
Dr.  Robert  P.  Bay,  both  renowned  surgeons,  assumed  the  responsibility  for 
the  Nursing  School.  It  was  evident  from  the  change  from  nurses  to  doctors 
as  administrative  heads  of  the  school,  that  the  Faculty  of  Physic  had  won 
the  first  skirmish  regarding  the  control  of  the  school. 

Curriculum  changes  and  addition  of  courses  may  be  noted  from  the  early 
records  of  the  student  nurses  which  were  kept  in  large  durable  cloth  bound 
books,  but  these  records  are  not  detailed.  Alice  Bell  Piggott,  a  graduate 
nurse  of  the  1907  class,  having  previously  graduated  from  a  State  Normal 
School,  established  the  "Bell  Record  System"  which  was  finally  adopted  in 
many  schools  throughout  the  United  States.  Miss  Bell  later  served  as  head 
of  the  Training  School  from  1908-1910.  Planned  lectures  at  this  time  were 
as  follows: 

Anatomy  30  hours 

Physiology  10  hours 

Surgical  Nursing  20  hours 

Medical  Nursing  20  hours 

Children's  Diseases  10  hours 

Obstetrics  15  hours 

Eye  and  Ear  5  hours 

Bacteriology  15  hours 

Massage  5  hours 

Bandaging  5  hours 

Urinalysis  5  hours 

Materia  Medica  10  hours 

Dietetics  15  hours 

Food  10  hours 

Senior  Nursing  10  hours 

Medical  Ethics  10  hours16 

In  1911  Mrs.  Ethel  Palmer  Clarke,  a  graduate  of  the  school,  became  the 

directing  head.  Mrs.  Clarke  was  an  able  administrator  who  had  been  a 

student  in  nursing  education  at  Teachers  College,  Columbia,  for  several 

years.  Under  her  direction  there  was  a  growth  toward  a  sound  philosophy 

of  education. 

15  The  Sun,  Saturday,  May   11,    1906,  p.  5. 

16  Early  Records  of  the  Training  School  of  the  Maryland  University  Hospital,  1889- 
1905. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND 


27 


In  1921  there  were  eighty -eight  pupil  nurses  in  training.  Efficiency  records 
which  indicated  personality  characteristics  and  capabilities  of  students  were 
kept  by  head  nurses.  On  some  of  these  records  may  be  found  notations 
such  as  "winning  personality,"  "cheerful  and  happy,"  "gives  service  with  a 
smile,"  "neat,"  "quiet,"  "a  good  manager,"  "observant  and  exact."17 

There  was  no  indication  of  how  well  the  student  nurse  applied  under- 
lying principles  of  anatomy  and  physiology,  bacteriology  or  materia  medica. 
The  extent  of  service  seemed  to  be  the  determining  factor  in  rating  a  nurse. 
The  1923  school  circular  gives  the  following  information  for  prospective 
students: 

Vacation — 4  weeks 

Earnings — $5.00  a  month 

Course — Probationer  and  Junior  Student 


Anatomy  and  Physiology 

64  hours 

Dietetics 

20  hours 

Dosage  and  Solutions 

12  hours 

Materia  Medica 

32  hours 

Ethics 

10  hours 

Household  Economics 

8  hours 

Hygiene 

20  hours 

Chemistry 

30  hours 

Bandaging 

8  hours 

Surgery 

16  hours 

Bacteriology 

32  hours 

Introduction   to  Medicine 

10  hours 

Nursing  technique 

60  hours 

Charting 

4  hours 

Intermediate  Student 

Communicable  diseases 

20  hours 

Medicine 

20  hours 

Ethics 

8  hours 

Gynecology 

10  hours 

Massage 

12  hours 

Obstetrics 

20  hours 

Operating  room  technique 

10  hours 

Orthopedics 

10  hours 

Pediatrics 

20  hours 

Laboratory  methods 

16  hours 

Senior  Student 

Special  diseases, 

venereal  diseases,  eye,  ear, 

nose  and  throat,  skin 

24  hours 

Psychiatry 

20  hours 

11  Efficiency  Records,  the  University  of  Maryland  Training  School,   1921-1925,   Balti- 
more, Maryland. 


28  BULLETIN    OF    THE   NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

History  of  ethics  of  nursing  12  hours 
Hospital  organization 

and   administration  2  hours 

Public  health  and  social 

service  16  hours18 

In  1924  an  affiliation  of  eight  weeks  each  for  pediatrics  and  psychiatry 
was  established  with  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  Training  School  and  in 
1929  an  affiliation  with  the  Sheppard  and  Enoch  Pratt  Hospital  was  estab- 
lished to  provide  three  months'  training  in  nursing  in  psychiatry.  In  the 
same  year,  1929,  the  Hopkins  pediatric  affiliation  was  discontinued  because 
the  University  had  opened  a  separate  children's  division. 

Probably  the  most  important  step  in  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
Nurses  Training  School  of  the  University  of  Maryland  occurred  after  the 
consolidation  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Agriculture,  College  Park,  and 
the  University  of  Maryland,  Baltimore,  1920. 19  At  the  time  of  consolidation 
the  Training  School  was  listed  as  a  department  of  the  hospital.20  Follow- 
ing the  amalgamation  of  the  College  Park  and  Baltimore  schools,  the 
Board  of  Regents  was  empowered  to  permit  any  department,  faculty,  or 
school  of  the  University  of  Maryland  to  govern  itself,  in  whole  or  in  part. 
In  a  section  of  the  document  confirming  the  amalgamation  there  appears 
this  statement: 

And  be  it  further  enacted  that  the  Regents  of  the  University 
of  Maryland  shall  have  power  to  conduct  or  maintain  such  de- 
partments or  schools  in  said  University  and  in  such  localities  as 
they  from  time  to  time  deem  wise.21 

This  authorization  did  not  immediately  affect  the  control  of  the  nursing 
school  but  was  to  serve  as  an  instrument  which  could  be  used  when  in- 
dependent status  was  achieved.  In  the  meantime,  certain  movements  were 
under  way  in  nursing  which  were  undoubtedly  to  play  their  part  in  in- 
fluencing universities  to  set  up  independent  nursing  schools.  During  the 
period  from  1920-1925  much  interest  and  concern  were  shown  by  the 
National  League  of  Nursing  Education  in  the  establishment  of  Univer- 
sity controlled  schools.  In  1921  a  committee  on  University  Relations  was 
appointed  by  the  National  League  to  investigate  nursing  schools  associated 
with  or  controlled  by  colleges  and  Universities,22  for  the  purpose  of  en- 
couraging those  schools  to  offer  college  courses  to  nurses. 


18  Circular  of  Information,  The  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing,  1923-1924. 

19  Official  Publication  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  Vol.  17,  no.  1,  July  1920,  p.  25. 

20  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Medicine  and  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  "The  University  Hospital  Training  School  for  Nurses,"  Vol.  VI,  no.  1, 
July  1921,  p.  72. 

21  Laws  of  Maryland  of  1920,  Section  4,  Chapter  480,  p.  807. 

22  Isabel  Maitland  Stewart,  The  Education  of  Nurses,  The  Macmillan  Co.,  New  York, 
1948,  p.  220. 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND  29 

Concurrently  with  the  movement  towards  independence  of  nursing 
schools  from  medical  or  hospital  control,  the  status  of  the  University  of 
Maryland  School  of  Nursing  did  not  grow  apace.  The  official  publication 
of  the  University  of  Maryland  for  1920  and  192123  gives  no  information 
whatsoever  in  regards  to  nursing,  but  the  School  of  Medicine  carries  an 
announcement  in  1925  which  reads: 

The  University  of  Maryland  School  for  Nurses  was  established 
in  the  year  of  1889.  Since  that  time  it  has  been  an  integral  part  of 
the  University  Hospital,  coming  under  the  same  government.24 

In  1925  the  University  of  Maryland  announced  a  program  leading  to  a 
Bachelor  of  Science  degree  for  nurses.  The  Evening  Sun  of  March  19,  1925, 
carried  the  following  announcement: 

With  enrollment  starting  in  September,  the  University  of  Mary- 
land will  offer  a  five-year  course  in  nursing  which  will  carry  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  .  .  .  Miss  Annie  Creighton,  Super- 
intendent of  Nurses  at  the  University  of  Maryland  Hospital,  made 
the  announcement  .  .  .  today.  The  new  course  is  said  to  be  the  first 
opportunity  given  young  women  in  Maryland  to  obtain  the  Bache- 
lor of  Science  degree  in  nursing. 

The  first  two  years  of  the  course  will  be  devoted  to  studies  in 
the  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences  at  College  Park.  This  will  be 
followed  by  three  years  of  practical  nursing  in  the  University 
Hospital. 

The  opportunity  will  also  be  given  students  in  the  last  half  of 
the  fifth  year  to  prepare  for  special  work  in  social  science,  hospital 
management,  laboratory  work  and  other  fields.  The  present  three 
years'  course  in  Nursing  will  be  retained.20 

A  more  detailed  account  of  the  new  five-year  program  is  to  be  found  in 
the  Official  Publication  of  the  University  of  Maryland: 

In  addition  to  the  regular  three-year  course  of  training  the  Uni- 
versity offers  a  combined  Academic  and  Nursing  Program  leading 
to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  and  a  diploma  in  Nursing. 

The  first  two  years  of  the  course  (or  pre-hospital  period),  con- 
sisting of  70  semester  hours,  are  spent  in  the  College  of  Arts  and 
Sciences  of  the  University,  during  which  period  the  student  has  an 
introduction  to  the  general  cultural  subjects  which  are  considered 
fundamental  in  any  college  training.  At  least  the  latter  of  these 
two  years  must  be  spent  in  residence  at  College  Park  in  order  that 


23  See  the  University  of  Maryland  Catalogue   1920-1921   Educational  Units,  p.  3. 

24  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Medicine,  he.  cit.,  Vol.  X,  no.   1, 
July  1925,  p.  83. 

25  The  Evening  Sun,  Thursday,  March  19,  1925,  p.  31. 


30  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'   ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

the  student  may  have  her  share  in  the  social  and  cultural  activities 
of  college  life.  The  last  three  years  are  spent  in  the  School  of 
Nursing  in  Baltimore.26 

In  1926  two  young  women  were  admitted  to  the  College  of  Arts  and 
Sciences  in  the  Pre-Nursing  course.  Both  students  had  better  than  a  "B" 
average.  Following  their  two  years  of  college  work  they  were  admitted  to 
the  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing  as  students  but  they  re- 
signed before  completing  the  course,  the  reasons  having  been  given  that 
the  "classwork  was  not  challenging,"  hours  on  duty  were  too  long,  and 
that  they  were  treated  as  "menials."2'  In  1934  five  young  women  success- 
fully completed  the  five-year  course.28  The  course  of  study  pursued  in  the 
School  of  Nursing  for  college  students  in  1934  was  the  same  as  the  course 
for  high  school  students.  In  1936,  however,  field  work  in  Public  Health 
nursing  was  added  to  the  curricula  of  the  college  students. 

In  the  same  1925  Official  Publication  the  School  of  Nursing  is  listed  as 
an  independent  educational  unit.  The  Director  of  the  School  of  Nursing, 
Miss  Annie  L.  Creighton,  a  Johns  Hopkins  graduate,  was  appointed  in 
1922,  and  is  listed  as  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  University.  From  1925, 
some  four  years  after  the  amalgamation  and  the  beginning  of  a  national 
movement  for  independent  schools  of  nursing,  the  University  of  Maryland 
School  of  Nursing  came  under  the  official  control  of  the  Board  of  Regents 
and  the  President.  The  official  publication  of  the  Medical  School  in  1927 
lists  the  School  of  Nursing  as  an  integral  part  of  the  University,  coming 
under  the  same  government.29  Official  publications  of  the  University  of 
Maryland  from  1925  to  1940  list  the  School  of  Nursing  as  a  separate  school. 
The  President  of  the  University  appoints  the  director  and  the  faculty.30 

In  1895  the  graduates  of  the  University  of  Maryland  formed  an  Alumnae 
Association,  with  Elinor  Vansantwoart  as  the  first  president.  This  Alumnae 
Association  later  became  incorporated  with  the  General  Alumnae  Associa- 
tion of  the  University. 

Between  1889  and  1940  in  the  State  of  Maryland,  the  University  of 
Maryland  School  of  Nursing  provided  nurses  to  the  following  community 
agencies  in  Maryland,  as  indicated  in  the  numbers  below: 

City  Health  Department  50 

Maryland  State  Health  Department  21 

Babies  Milk  Fund  Association  41 


26  Official  Publication  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  "The  University  of  Maryland 
School  of  Nursing,"  Vol.  X,  no.  1,  July  1925,  p.  87. 

-"  Student  Nurse  Records,  The  University  Hospital,  1927. 

-&  For  names  of  graduates  see  Appendix. 

-9  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Medicine,  op.  cit.,  Vol.  XII,  no 
1,  p.  87. 

30  Records  of  the  School  of  Nursing,  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing,  1927- 
1928. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  31 

Instructing  Visiting  Nurses'  Association  4 

Industrial  Nursing  8 
Directors  Schools  of  Nursing, 

throughout  the  United  States  3531 

Beginning  as  a  small  unit  or  a  department  of  the  hospital  in  1889  the 
training  school,  later  identified  as  the  School  of  Nursing  of  the  University 
of  Maryland,  had  by  1940  grown  to  a  size  of  more  than  two  hundred  regu- 
lar students  and  had  a  teaching  faculty  of  six  college  professors  from  the 
medical  school  and  eleven  registered  nurses32  from  the  nursing  school  who 
were  instructors  in  full  or  part  time  in  the  School  of  Nursing. 


31  Horine,  op.  cit.,  p.   19. 

32  Annual  Report  of  the  School  of  Nursing  of  the   University  of  Maryland,  July  7, 
1940,  pp.    1-5. 


32  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

THE  EFFECTIVENESS  OF  STUDENTS'  TEACHING 
IN   PRENATAL  CLINIC 

By  Marguerite  E.  Hydorn 

Assistant  Professor,  Obstetric  Nursing 

University  of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing 

The  subject  of  teaching  a  patient  in  the  hospital  to  function  adequately 
in  the  home  environment  has  made  many  nurse-educators  review  and  revise 
their  course  outline  to  make  patient-centered  teaching  more  effectual.  Plans 
for  this  study  were  stimulated  by  the  need  for  revision  of  the  Obstetric 
course  outline  with  emphasis  on  positive  health  education  involving  to  a 
greater  degree  the  environment  of  the  lower  income  group.  The  area  of 
prenatal  teaching  was  delegated  to  the  students  in  Obstetric  Nursing  since 
the  Prenatal  Clinic  is  considered  the  foundation  for  good  health  and  nor- 
mal development  of  the  baby  and  for  stabilizing  and  maintaining  the 
mother's  health. 

The  problem  for  this  study  was:  are  we  adequately  teaching  the  students 
in  Prenatal  Clinic  to  instruct  our  patients  about  the  care  of  themselves  and 
the  infant  on  discharge  from  the  hospital? 

The  purposes  of  the  study  were:  1)  to  determine  how  the  content  of  the 
classes  was  received  by  the  patients.  2)  To  evaluate  how  much  of  the  con- 
tent was  retained  by  the  patients.  3)  To  determine  if  the  experience  was  of 
any  value  to  the  students.  4)  To  determine  if  the  program  was  adequate. 

To  obtain  as  broad  a  coverage  as  possible,  twenty-five  case  studies  were 
selected  from  each  of  the  three  groups:  1)  unmarried  women  who  were 
expecting  their  first  child;  2)  married  women  who  were  expecting  their 
first  child;  3)  married  women  who  had  experienced  previous  childbirth. 
All  of  the  above  were  colored  and  young  women  of  limited  financial  means 
who  regularly  attended  University  of  Maryland  Hospital  Prenatal  Clinic. 

A  check-list  questionnaire  (Figure  I)  was  sent  to  each  mother  in  the 
groups  when  delivered  and  discharged  from  the  hospital  in  order  to  give 
a  basis  of  comparison  of  their  attitude  towards,  and  assimilation  of,  the 
material  furnished  them  as  well  as  their  own  ideas  of  the  value  received. 
A  second  questionnaire  was  forwarded  to  those  mothers  who  had  not  re- 
plied in  two  weeks.  The  total  response  from  the  questionnaires  was  61  1/3 
per  cent. 

The  attendance  in  classes  showed  the  preference  and  the  desires  of  the 
"mother-groups"  for  help  and  instruction.  The  single  primipara  (delivered 
first  child)  showed  great  interest  in  the  offered  attention  but  expressed 
little  preference  to  the  units  offered.  Their  greatest  expression  of  value  was 
shown  in  the  unit  on  Anatomy  and  Physiology  of  the  Reproductive  Organs 
and  the  least  interest  was  shown  in  the  units  dealing  with  the  expectant 
child  which  showed  a  marked  distaste  for  their  pregnancy. 


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33 


FIGURE  I.    QUESTIONNAIRE  SENT  TO  MOTHERS 


1.  Check  the  meetings  you  attended  while  in  the  maternity 
clinic. 

a.    Anatomy  and  Physiology  (How  your  body  is  built 

and  how  the  baby  grows  inside  you). 

b.    Nutrition  (What  foods  are  important  to  your  body). 

c.    Hygiene  of  Pregnancy  (Cleanliness,  exercise,  work 

and  clothes  to  wear  while  you  are  pregnant). 

d.  Baby's  Bath. 

e.   Formula  Preparation. 

f.    Making  a  Home  for  the  Baby. 

2.  Which  of  the  above  classes  was  most  meaningful  to  you? 

3.    Did  the  discussion  you  attended  answer  your  questions  about 

Yes    No         how  to  care  for  yourself  while  you  were  expecting  the  baby? 

4.    Did  the  discussions  help  you  in  getting  the  things  ready  for 

Yes     No  the  new  baby? 

5.    After  the  baby  was  born,  were  you  frightened  about  handling 

Yes    No         and  caring  for  the  baby  while  you  were  in  the  hospital? 

6.    After  you  went  home  from  the  hospital,  did  you  feel  the 

Yes    No         nurses  told  you  enough  about  caring  for  yourself  and  the 
baby  ? 

7.    After  you  went  home  from  the  hospital,  did  you  have  any 

Yes    No         trouble  in  caring  for  yourself?  If  so,  what? 

8.    After  you  went  home  from  the  hospital,  did  you  have  any 

Yes     No  trouble  in  any  way  in  caring  for  the  baby?  If  so,  what? 

9.    How  many  children  of  your  own  do  you  have? 

10.    Are  you  caring  for  your  own  baby? 

11.    How  old  are  you? 


To  determine  the  effectiveness  of  the  program,  50  per  cent  of  the  ques- 
tions were  based  on  the  mother's  own  determination  of  help  offered  by 
our  Prenatal  Clinic.  An  87  per  cent  efficiency  rating  was  the  result. 

The  portion  of  the  questionnaire  which  gave  voluntary  information  from 
the  "mother-groups"  with  troubles  they  experienced  at  home,  either  in  the 
care  of  themselves  or  with  the  child,  showed  that  the  information  regard- 
ing infant  bathing  and  dressing  and  the  postpartum  breast  care  should  be 
reviewed  and  intensified. 


34  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 

The  series  of  instruction  to  the  expectant  mothers  were  given  by  the 
students  of  nursing  in  the  three-year  program  of  the  University  Hospital. 
Each  of  the  students  was  assigned  to  one  of  the  six  sections  as  a  clinical 
instructor  to  prepare  and  to  teach  three  sessions  of  the  same  unit  to  the 
patients  who  were  attending  the  clinic.  Each  student  was  furnished  with 
an  identical  check-list  questionnaire  (Figure  II)  after  her  period  of  service 
had  expired.  This  questionnaire  was  to  give  a  basis  of  comparison  of  their 
attitudes  and  desirabilities  as  instructors  as  well  as  their  own  ideas  con- 
cerning the  service  each  had  rendered. 

FIGURE  II.    QUESTIONNAIRE  SENT  TO  STUDENT  TEACHERS 

Prenatal  Teaching 

1.    Check  the  name  of  the  class  you  taught  in  maternity  clinic 
to  expectant  mothers. 

a.  Anatomy  and  Physiology 

b.  Nutrition  during  Pregnancy 

c.  Hygiene  of  Pregnancy 

d.  Bathing  the  Baby 

e.  Formula  Preparation 

f.  Making  a  Home  for  the  Baby 


2.  Would  you  have  selected  another  topic  rather  than  the  one 

Yes    No  assigned  to  you? 

3.  When  planning  to  teach  the  class,  did  you  feel  you  received 

Yes     No  sufficient  aid  in  preparing  the  outline  to  teach? 

4.  Did  you  receive  adequate  help  in  locating  posters  and  films 

Yes    No  to  help  you  teach? 

5.  Did  you  feel  you   were   adequately   prepared   to  teach   the 

Yes    No  class?  If  no,  why  not? 

6.  Did  you  feel  the  class  you  taught  was  helpful  to  the  ex- 
Yes    No  pectant  mothers  at  the  time  you  were  teaching? 

7.  Did   you   have   a   conference   with   the   supervising   teacher 

Yes    No  after  you  taught? 

8.  Did  you  feel  the  conference  helped  you  with  the  teaching? 

Yes    No  If  no,  why  not? 

9.  Since  you  have  left  Obstetrics,  has  this  experience  of  teaching 

Yes     No  in  Maternity  Clinic  benefited  you  in  any  other  area?  If  yes, 
how? 


10.    Do  you  think  that  teaching  expectant  mothers'  classes  should 

Yes     No         continue  to  be  a  part  of  the  student's  experience  in  Obstetrics? 

-11.    Do  you  feel  the  topics  we  offer  our  patients  are  adequate? 


Yes     No  If  not,  what  are  your  suggestions? 


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Twenty-two  of  the  twenty-nine  students  questioned  stated  that  they  were 
satisfied  to  take  their  assignment  to  a  specific  unit  with  no  degree  of  prefer- 
ence as  to  the  order  in  which  they  were  rotated.  The  questionnaire  also 
showed  that  if  the  teacher  expends  the  necessary  effort,  adequate  teaching 
aids  were  available,  and,  in  the  minds  of  student-teachers,  were  helpful  and 
necessary  in  order  to  adequately  cover  the  subject  to  the  benefit  of  the 
"mother-group." 

One-fifth  of  the  student-teachers  returning  their  questionnaires  answered 
negatively  as  to  the  value  of  these  procedures  but  failed  to  state  any  reason 
or  to  suggest  any  improvement. 

The  analysis  of  the  student-teachers'  questionnaires  brought  to  light  that 
they  were  assigned  to  too  many  highly  technical  units  without  first  deter- 
mining if  they  had  themselves  acquired  sufficient  knowledge  of  the  subject. 
This  was  particularly  noticed  in  the  subject  of  Anatomy  and  Physiology. 

It  was  also  determined  that  one-sixth  of  the  student-teachers  did  not  feel 
that  the  course  was  helpful  to  the  mothers  in  the  single  and  married  primi- 
para  group  because  of  their  lack  of  interest  in  the  unwanted  child. 

The  question  of  continuation,  review  and  improvement  met  with  favor- 
able response  from  the  student-teachers. 

Through  the  analysis  and  comparison  of  the  questionnaires,  both  of  the 
"mother-groups"  and  student-teachers,  it  has  been  proven  to  my  satisfaction 
that  the  services  rendered  by  the  student  nurses  as  instructors  are  of  vital 
importance  and  almost  a  necessity  to  the  types  of  expectant  mothers  that 
we  serve  through  the  University  of  Maryland  Clinic  services.  By  the  same 
token,  I  am  sure  that  student  nurses  teaching  in  other  institutions  that  do 
not  have  this  extreme  racial  problem  will  be  of  equal  or  a  greater  benefit  to 
their  expectant  mothers. 

I  feel  that  it  has  been  adequately  proven  by  the  answers  of  our  student- 
teachers  that  this  procedure  is  also  of  great  value  to  each  of  them,  both  in 
the  clinical  and  educational  area. 

This  survey  has  brought  to  light  certain  faults  which  must  be  corrected. 

The  most  important  of  these  being  a  more  careful  determination  of  pre- 
paredness of  the  teacher  before  assignment  to  a  section. 

An  increased  usage  of  visual  aids  must  be  given  by  the  teachers  as  many 
of  the  mothers  who  have  need  for  these  clinical  services  have  difficulty  in 
assimilating  text  material. 

In  our  request  for  suggestive  courses,  the  following  topics  have  been 
recommended  by  either  the  teacher  or  one  of  her  patients: 

1.  What  to  expect  in  the  hospital  with  a  conducted  hospital  tour. 

2.  Expectant  fathers'  classes. 

3.  Pediatric  care — immunizations  and  illnesses. 


36  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

4.  Family  preparation  for  the  arrival.  This  subject  is  covered  in  Hygiene 
of  Pregnancy. 

5.  Classes  for  the  private  patients. 

6.  Classes  for  the  white  clinic  patients. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Adair,  Fred  Lyman,  M.D.,  Chairman,  Part  IV,  Obstetric  Education  of  the 
Laity  and  Social  Workers,  White  House  Conference  on  Child  Health  and 
Protection.  New  York,  New  York:  The  Century  Co.,  c.  1932.  193  pp. 

Davis,  M.  Edward,  M.D.,  and  Carmon,  Mabel  C,  R.N.,  DeL.ee' s  Obstetrics 
for  Nurses.  Philadelphia,  Pa.:  W.  B.  Saunders  Co.,  1947.  619  pp. 

DeLee,  Joseph,  M.D.,  and  Greenhill,  J.  P.,  M.D.,  Principles  and  Practices 
of  Obstetrics.  Philadelphia,  Pa.:  W.  B.  Saunders  Co.  Ninth  Edition, 
969  pp. 

Prenatal  Care.  U.  S.  Children's  Bureau  Publication  No.  4.  Washington, 
D.  C:  Government  Printing  Office,  1949.  70  pp. 

Zabriskie,  Louise,  R.N.,  and  Eastman,  Nicholson  J.,  M.D.,  Nurses'  Hand- 
boo  ^  of  Obstetrics.  Philadelphia,  Pa.:  J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.  Eighth  Edition, 
706  pp. 


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UNIVERSITY   HOSPITAL   FLUID   TEAM 

Dorothy  Arthur,  '49 

As  hospitals  across  the  nation  came  to  realize  the  value  of  the  Fluid 
Team,  the  University  Hospital  inaugurated  such  a  plan  on  September  27, 
1951.  The  major  objective  of  the  team  is  to  administer  intravenous  fluids 
to  patients  thereby  releasing  the  interns  and  other  house  officers  to  assume 
other  medical  responsibilities.  This  unit  was  organized  on  the  recommen- 
dation of  a  committee  made  up  of  representatives  from  the  departments  of 
nursing,  medicine  and  administration. 

It  was  felt  that  such  a  move  would  be  in  keeping  with  the  national  trend 
toward  increasing  the  responsibility  of  the  professional  nurse.  By  freeing 
the  doctors  of  the  responsibility  of  administering  intravenous  fluids,  they 
were  able  to  perform  other  duties  thereby  improving  the  quality  of  medical 
care  given  to  patients. 

The  team  administers  specific  intravenous  and  subcutaneous  fluids  as 
ordered  by  the  medical  staff.  In  obstetrics  the  team  may  administer  all 
fluids  but  procaine  and  pitocin  drip  to  ante-partum  patients.  The  fluid  team 
works  in  all  divisions  of  the  hospital  except  the  Operating  Room  and  the 
Delivery  Room. 

This  team  is  a  unit  of  nursing  service  and  has  its  headquarters  in  the 
Central  Supply  Room.  The  team  is  under  the  medical  supervision  of  Dr. 
Milton  Sachs,  chief  of  Clinical  Pathology. 

Students  in  the  School  of  Nursing  receive  experience  on  the  fluid  team. 
At  present  there  are  four  registered  nurses  who  make  up  this  team. 


38  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

A   CARDIO-PULMONARY  PHYSIOLOGY  LABORATORY — 
ITS  FUNCTION  IN  A  UNIVERSITY  TEACHING  CENTER 

By  R.  Adams  Cowley,  M.D.,  Director  Cardio-Pulmonary  Laboratory 
University  of  Maryland,  School  of  Medicine 

It  has  been  said  that  it  has  taken  the  surgeon  2000  years  to  reach  the 
heart  and  lungs,  a  distance  the  thickness  of  the  chest  wall. 

Unlike  abdominal  surgery,  thoracic  surgery  has  been  forced  to  wait 
because  of  several  factors.  Primarily,  a  technique  of  anesthesia  was  needed 
which  would  allow  the  patient  to  live  while  the  chest  was  open  for 
exploration.  Then,  too,  a  development  of  blood  transfusions  and  intra- 
venous therapy  was  vital  for  patient  survival.  A  complex  variety  of  surgical 
instruments,  particularly  in  the  field  of  vascular  surgery  was  then  needed 
to  perform  the  various  surgical  techniques.  After  these  barriers  were 
removed,  thoracic  surgery  became  almost  unlimited  in  scope.  Diseases  of 
the  chest,  heretofore  incurable  and  often  fatal,  now  became  amenable  to 
the  surgical  art. 

With  the  refinements  and  advances  in  the  thoracic  surgical  techniques, 
it  became  apparent  that  for  the  specialty  to  progress  further,  more  had  to 
be  known  about  each  patient.  A  good  history,  physical  examination  and 
x-ray  was  not  enough.  More  knowledge  was  essential  about  the  patient's 
normal  physiology  and  how  these  physiological  processes  had  been  altered 
by  disease. 

Previously,  studies  involving  the  physiology  of  the  heart  and  lungs  had 
been  only  of  academic  interest.  Now  these  studies  have  become  the  foun- 
dation for  new  methods  of  diagnosis,  evaluation  and  treatment.  Today, 
it  is  not  enough  for  the  surgeon  to  know  that  the  patient  has  a  disease 
which  can  be  cured  by  surgery  but  he  must  know,  too,  that  his  treatment 
will  not  harm  the  patient.  For  example,  what  is  good  for  one  patient  with 
tuberculosis  is  not  good  for  another,  even  though,  the  roentgenograms  of 
the  chest  seem  apparently  the  same.  Why  does  removal  of  a  pulmonary 
lesion  in  one  patient  result  in  a  cured  ambulatory  patient  in  the  one  case 
and  in  another  patient  result  in  a  respiratory  cripple?  Which  patient  will 
benefit  from  chest  surgery,  and  which  patient  will  not?  The  answers  to 
these  questions  and  many  related  questions  were  not  known.  The  dramati- 
cally revealing  answers  have  awaited  the  development  of  the  Cardio- 
pulmonary Physiology  Laboratory.  Such  a  laboratory  functions  for  exam- 
ining and  comparing  the  diseased  lung  with  that  of  the  normal  lung  and 
for  determining  how  specific  diseases  alter  the  physiology  of  circulation  and 
ventilation.  The  resulting  studies  help  not  only  to  predict  a  surgical  result 
but  also  to  study  the  effect  of  various  medications  used  in  the  medical 
treatment  of  pulmonary  diseases.  They  are  further  used  as  a  way  to 
evaluate  and  study  the  patient  during  treatment.  Studies  are  made  by: 
(1)  measuring  how  much  air  a  lung  can  hold;  (2)  measuring  how  much 
air  can   be  breathed  within   certain   time  limits,   both   quietly  and  under 


UNIVERSITY   OF   MARYLAND  39 

stress;  (3)  measuring  how  quickly  the  patient  is  able  to  move  air  in  and 
out  of  the  lungs;  (4)  measuring  how  much  oxygen  can  be  extracted  from 
the  air  and  how  much  C02  can  be  given  off  by  the  lungs. 

In  such  a  study  one  cannot  properly  separate  the  lungs  from  the  circula- 
tion because  some  patients  have  symptoms  of  pulmonary  disease  that  are 
not  due  to  disease  of  the  lungs  at  all  but  due  rather  to  the  circulating  blood 
which  flows  through  them.  Hence,  samples  of  blood  taken  at  various  points 
are  necessary  to  determine  what  effect  the  circulation  has  upon  the  problem 
as  a  whole.  This  then  is  the  second  function  of  the  Cardio-Pulmonary 
Laboratory — the  study  of  the  heart  and  circulation.  Studies,  such  as  electro- 
cardiography, vectorcardiography,  oximetry,  angiocardiography  and  cardiac 
catheterization  all  have  places  in  such  a  laboratory. 

Results  of  these  studies  are  essential  to  the  cardiac  surgeon  because  he 
must  know  exactly  what  type  of  defect  is  present,  where  the  defect  is  located 
and  how  best  to  correct  it  in  order  to  produce  a  more  normal  circulation. 
Exploration  of  the  heart  and  great  vessels  is  too  hazardous  a  procedure 
to  not  have  the  available  facts  at  the  operation  table.  Thus,  there  must  be 
equipment  available  to  measure  the  pressures  and  to  take  samples  of  blood 
in  the  heart  chambers,  great  vessels  and  lungs.  These  things  are  all  done 
by  cardiac  catheterization  in  which  a  small  catheter  enters  a  vein  in  the 
arm  and  follows  the  blood  stream  on  its  way  through  the  heart.  Angio- 
cardiography, the  technique  of  taking  rapid  x-rays  while  the  contrast  mate- 
rial circulates  through  the  heart,  gives  one  photographs  in  which  can  be 
studied  at  leisure  the  circulating  blood  as  it  passes  through  the  heart  cham- 
bers and  lungs.  Oximetry  is  a  technique  in  which  one  can  tell  by  attaching 
a  small  device  to  the  ear  how  much  oxygen  is  in  the  blood  at  a  specific  time. 

All  of  these  studies  can  be  done  in  the  Cardio-Pulmonary  Physiology 
Laboratory.  It  is  a  type  of  work  which  involves  a  large  amount  of  equip- 
ment and  a  team  of  doctors  and  technicians  working  in  unison.  After 
such  studies  have  been  made  on  a  patient,  many  hours  are  then  spent  in 
calculating  the  results  and  arriving  at  a  proper  diagnosis. 

In  the  field  of  research,  such  a  laboratory  is  an  essential  tool  in  the  study 
of  the  normal  and  abnormal  functions  of  the  heart  and  lungs.  It  is  only 
through  such  a  laboratory  that  the  knowledge  of  these  organs,  so  vital  to 
the  physician,  can  be  discerned  without  resorting  to  the  surgical  exploration. 


40  BULLETIN   OF    THE   NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

HIGHLIGHTS  FROM  THE  1954  CONVENTION 

By  Hortense  B.  Tegler,  Class  of  1948 

The  1954  Convention  of  the  American  Nurses  Association  was  held 
from  April  25-30  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  The  theme  for  the  convention  was 
"Calling  American  Nurses  to  Action." 

Present  were  members  of  53  constituents  of  the  ANA  and  52  guests 
representing  26  countries.  They  were  Formosa,  Bolivia,  Brazil,  Canada, 
Dominican  Republic,  El  Salvador,  Switzerland,  Japan,  England,  Denmark, 
Haiti,  Honduras,  India,  Indonesia,  Iran,  France,  Norway,  Sweden,  China, 
Lebanon,  Mexico,  Panama,  Peru,  Philippine  Islands,  Thailand,  and  Guate- 
mala. The  54th  constituent  to  the  ANA  is  the  65  Virgin  Islands  nurses 
admitted  on  a  waiver  because  some  are  from  non-accredited  schools  of 
nursing.  Also  welcomed  was  the  Isthmanian  Delegation,  voted  admission 
to  the  ANA  in  1952. 

The  meeting  of  the  House  of  Delegates  opened  with  greetings  from  our 
now  past  president,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Porter.  As  special  guest  was  General 
Chow  Mui  Yu  (pronounced  Joe  May  You),  the  Florence  Nightingale  of 
Asia.  Gen.  Chow  is  the  only  woman  general  in  the  Chinese  Nationalist 
Army.  She  is  a  graduate  of  the  Peiking  Union  Medical  College  School  of 
Nursing.  She  studied  at  M.I.T.,  received  her  M.A.  from  Columbia,  has 
been  active  in  the  Rural  Health  Activities,  established  the  Army  School  of 
Nursing  in  China,  was  the  Woman  of  the  Year  in  1948,  and  this  year  was 
appointed  advisor  to  the  World  Health  Organization  Nursing  Board. 

Greetings  were  sent  us  from  Mayor  Kennelly,  President  Eisenhower, 
Governor  Martin  of  Illinois,  President  of  the  International  Council  of 
Nurses,  and  the  Canadian  Nurses  Association.  Delegates  from  each  section 
and  three  delegates  at  large  from  each  state  made  a  total  of  1138  delegates. 
Maryland  had  a  total  of  22  delegates. 

The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  ANA  voted  to  request  the  House  of 
Delegates  to  authorize  the  ANA  to  study  and  develop  a  foundation  or 
trust  fund  which  can  accept  tax  free  gifts  to  be  used  for  socially  acceptable 
projects  in  line  with  ANA  policies.  The  House  of  Delegates  gave  its 
unanimous  approval. 

Malcolm  Knowles,  administrative  coordinator  of  the  "Adult  Leadership" 
magazine,  discussed  how  to  analyze  contacts  and  attract  potential  members 
and  how  to  organize  and  conduct  a  membership  campaign.  Many  ideas 
and  plans  were  given  by  members  from  the  various  states. 

There  were  160  exhibits  open  at  Exhibition  Hall  at  the  Conrad  Hilton 
where  everyone  could  see  the  latest  in  medical  equipment,  books,  uniforms, 
etc.   A  good  supply  of  samples  was  available. 


UNIVERSITY   OF   MARYLAND  41 

Professional  Counseling  and  Placement  Service  is  a  nationwide  service 
to  nurses  and  employees  of  nurses.  For  you,  the  registered  nurse,  it  keeps 
a  permanent  confidential  record  immediately  available  of  your  education 
and  experience,  preserving  valuable  reference  material.  No  charge  is  made 
for  this  service,  and  the  House  of  Delegates  voted  to  continue  on  a  no-charge 
basis. 

The  activities  of  the  ANA  are  very  broad  in  scope.  The  ANA  asked  for 
improved  social  security  laws. 

The  platform  adopted  for  the  coming  term  includes: 

1.  Participation  in  the  provision  of  health  protection  for  the  American 
people. 

2.  Aiding  nurses  to  become  more  effective  and  secure  members  of  their 
profession. 

3.  Promotion  of  better  health  care  for  the  peoples  of  the  world. 

A  new  scholarship  fund  has  been  set  up  for  nurses  in  nursing  education 
managed  by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Isabel  Hampton  Robb  Memorial 
Fund,  Inc. 

The  code  of  nurses  adopted  in  1950  in  regard  to  the  appearance  of 
nurses  on  television  was  outlined  by  Sister  Berenice  Beck.  The  ANA 
is  campaigning  to  enforce  the  code.  The  individual  nurse  who  violates 
her  own  code  is,  of  course,  a  clear  demonstration  of  what  one  unethical 
person  can  do  to  break  down  what  thousands  are  working  to  accomplish. 
Violations  of  this  code  by  nurses  themselves  may  in  time  become  impossible 
for  an  informed  society  will  not  tolerate  them. 

The  House  of  Delegates  voted  with  the  Board  of  Directors  that  for  the 
present  it  would  continue  its  stand  that  it  cannot  endorse  the  Equal  Rights 
Amendment  because  of  its  threats  to  the  continuance  of  the  existing 
protective  laws  for  women. 

The  CARE  Book  Program  presented  by  Miss  Flazel  Barnes,  ANA  ad- 
visor, was  started  to  meet  needs  of  nursing  schools  abroad.  Seven  hundred 
and  fifteen  dollars  were  contributed  at  one  meeting  for  the  fund.  The 
University  of  Maryland  Nurses  Alumnae  contributed  $15  to  this  fund. 

A  resolution  presented  by  Miss  Shirley  Titus  of  California  called  for 
more  active  leadership  in  the  development  of  an  economic  security  program. 
The  ANA  By-laws  were  amended  and  the  pronoun  she  deleted  to  include 
the  men.  Also  under  by-laws:  nine  standing  committees  are  now  provided 
to  combine  the  work  formerly  carried  by  22  standing  committees;  a  99 
per  cent  affirmative  vote  will  now  pass  amendments  at  any  biennial  con- 
vention, previously  it  took  a  unanimous  vote  which  gave  one  dissenter  the 
power  of  veto. 

Non-professional  help  offers  a  challenge  to  the  nurse.  The  problem  is 
very  acute  in  psychiatric  hospitals  where  52%  of  all  hospitalized  patients 


42  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

are  being  cared  for  by  only  5%  of  all  actively  employed  registered  nurses. 
Eighty-eight-eighty-nine  per  cent  of  the  total  nursing  personnel  caring  for 
the  mentally  ill  in  hospitals  is  non-professional. 

Membership  in  the  ANA  increased  from  115,364  to  121,017  this  year. 
A  resolution  was  passed  calling  for  support  of  Rep.  Bolton's  bill  to  insure 
opportunities  of  men  nurses  to  serve  effectively  in  meeting  national  nursing 
needs. 

It  is  our  hope  to  further  intergroup  relationship.  Only  one  state,  Georgia, 
does  not  allow  its  Negro  nurses  to  be  admitted  for  membership  in  their 
State  Nurses  Association. 

The  1138  delegates  heard  reports  of  all  the  committees  including  the 
Armed  Forces.  The  Army  Nurse  Corps  has  been  reduced  from  57,000 
in  1944  to  4,300  in  1954. 

The  American  journal  of  Nursing  has  the  largest  subscription  of  any 
magazine  except  those  who  get  publications  with  paid  dues.  The  Conven- 
tion Journal,  the  daily  newspaper  of  the  convention,  was  edited  each  day 
by  the  AJN  Company. 

In  addition  to  the  House  of  Delegates  meetings,  each  section  held  their 
own  closed  meetings.   In  each  section  members  present  were: 

1.  Educational  Administrators,  Consultants,  and  Teachers,  1,539. 

2.  General  Duty,  1,039. 

3.  Industrial,  219. 

4.  Institutional  Nursing  Service  Administrators,  about  1,000. 

5.  Private  Duty,  500. 

6.  Public  Health,  885. 

7.  Special  Groups,  426. 

The  officers  elected  for  the  coming  two  years  are: 

President — Agnes  Ohlson,  Conn. 

1st  Vice  President — Lillian  Patterson,  Wash.,  D.  C.  (deceased  Sept.,  '54) 

2nd  Vice  President — Mabel  Montgomery,  Va. 

3rd  Vice  President — Mathilda  Scheuer,  Pa. 

Secretary — Frances  Powell,  111. 

Treasurer — Annabelle  Peterson,  D.  C. 

Directors: 

1.  Herbert  Butler,  Mass. 

2.  Elizabeth  Porter,  Ohio. 

3.  Shirley  Titus,  Calif. 

4.  Pearl  Mclver,  D.  C. 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND  43 

Nominating  Committee 

1.  Louise  Alcott,  Ariz. 

2.  Irene  Murcheson,  Calif. 

3.  Cynthia  Warren,  Ky. 

4.  Florence  Clarke,  Kans. 

This  was  my  first  trip  to  a  biennial  convention  but  is  one  that  will  be 
long  remembered.  It  was  a  real  inspiration  to  meet  and  talk  with  other 
nurses  from  all  over  the  country.  I  am  endeavoring  to  use  what  I  learned 
at  this  convention  to  help  me  in  my  present  position  as  Chairman  of  the 
Private  Duty  Section  of  the  Maryland  State  Nurses  Association.  I  thank 
the  alumnae  from  the  bottom  of  my  heart  for  helping  to  make  my  attend- 
ance at  the  convention  possible. 


44  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 

"THE  GIRL  WITH  THE  LAMP" 

In  the  spring  of  1952  the  Nurse  Recruitment  Committee  of  the  Woman's 
Auxiliary  to  the  Baltimore  City  Medical  Society  met  and  Mrs.  Edwin 
Stewart,  the  chairman,  presented  the  idea  of  producing  a  motion  picture 
film  on  nursing  using  the  hospitals  of  Maryland  and  their  staffs  as  a  means 
of  nurse  recruitment. 

After  contacting  the  Maryland  Society  for  Medical  Research,  Inc.,  the 
Maryland  State  Nurses  Association  and  directors  of  the  hospitals  in  Balti- 
more, preliminary  meetings  were  held  and  plans  formulated.  Mr.  Carroll 
Hill,  director  of  Union  Memorial  Hospital,  was  elected  to  head  the  financial 
committee.  Through  his  capable  guidance  the  necessary  money  for  this 
production  was  obtained  and  filming  was  begun.  Dr.  D.  C.  Smith,  of  the 
Maryland  Society  for  Medical  Research,  wrote  the  script  that  was  used, 
and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Singleton,  of  the  University  of  Maryland  School  of 
Nursing,  was  selected  to  be  the  "voice"  on  the  film.  By  the  end  of 
summer,  1953,  the  filming  was  completed  and  the  coordinating  of  voice, 
script  and  pictures  was  completed.  In  December,  1953,  the  premier  showing 
of  "The  Girl  With  the  Lamp"  was  held  at  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical 
Building,  1211  Cathedral  Street.  Vocational  guidance  counsellors  from  the 
city  schools,  directors  of  hospitals,  members  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical 
Faculty,  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Maryland  Society  for  Medical 
Research,  and  representatives  of  the  Maryland  State  Nurses  Association 
were  guests  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  at  this  time.  The  film  was  very 
well  received  and  has  been  in  constant  demand,  not  only  here  in  Maryland, 
but  also  in  many  other  states  as  well.  It  has  been  purchased  by  the 
Woman's  Auxiliary  to  the  American  Medical  Association  and  has  been 
added  to  their  film  library  in  Chicago. 

The  film  is  a  16-mm.  color  film  with  sound  and  runs  for  twenty  minutes. 
It  is  available  without  charge,  as  a  public  service  of  the  Auxiliary,  for 
showing  in  junior  and  senior  high  schools,  before  parent  and  teachers' 
groups,  civic,  women's  or  church  groups,  and  to  religious  and  community 
young  people's  associations.  The  film  shows  not  only  what  a  student 
nurse  will  actually  study,  but  how  she  will  live  and  some  of  the  lighter 
moments  of  student  life.  It  can  be  obtained  for  showing  from  the  Woman's 
Auxiliary  to  the  Baltimore  City  Medical  Society,  Committee  on  Motion 
Pictures,  1211  Cathedral  Street,  Baltimore  1,  Maryland. 

The  Woman's  Auxiliary  to  the  Baltimore  City  Medical  Society  has  been 
proud  to  have  been  able  to  produce  this  film,  but  none  of  it  would  have 
been  possible  without  the  splendid  cooperation  of  the  Maryland  Society 
for  Medical  Research,  the  technical  advice  of  the  Maryland  State  Nurses 
Association  and  the  aid  of  the  teaching  hospitals  of  Maryland. 

Margaret  Wilson  Webster,  Class  of  1939 
(Mrs.  Thomas  C.  Webster) 
(President  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  to  the 
Baltimore  City  Medical  Society,  1953-1954) 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND 


45 


REPORT  OF  SECTION  37  OF  THE  BALTIMORE   BRANCH  OF  THE 
NEEDLEWORK  GUILD  OF  AMERICA 

(This  section  was  formed  in  1939  by  the  Nurses  Alumnae  Association 
and  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  Board  of  the  University  Hospital.) 
Mrs.  Sarah  H.  Hampshire,  President 
Mrs.  Francis  H.  Dickey, 
Representative  from  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  Board 

Number  of  garments  from  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  Board 118 

Number  of  garments  from  the  Nurses'   Alumnae   Association ....         237 

Total  Number   355 

Cash  from  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  Board $  4.00 

Cash  from  the  Nurses    Alumnae    Association 11.00 

Total  Amount    $15.00 

Directors  of  the  Nurses'  Section:  Mrs.  C.  Frank  Almony,  Miss  Anna 
Pratt,  Miss  Carol  Hosfeld,  Mrs.  Shirley  L.  Milke,  Mrs.  Edna  Rembold, 
Miss  Mary  Saulsbury,  Miss  Emma  Winship,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Shaffer,  Mrs. 
Gertrude  Etzler  and  Mrs.  Bessie  M.  Arnurius. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  NURSES'  ALUMNAE  PIN 
UNIVERSITY   OF   MARYLAND 

When  the  Alumnae  Association  was  organized  in  1903,  they  accepted 
the  pin  of  the  Class  of  1894  as  their  emblem.  The  pin  was  an  original 
design  submitted  by  Tiffany  in  New  York,  Bailey,  Banks  and  Biddle  of 
Philadelphia.  It  showed  a  serpent  (representing  wisdom)  twined  around 
the  glass  denoting  "the  wise  presiding  over  decoctions  of  medicine."  It  is 
the  shape  of  a  St.  George's  cross  with  maroon,  black  and  gold  colors  of  the 
University  of  Maryland.  The  Caduceus,  Greek  emblem  of  medical  science, 
is  in  the  center  of  the  cross. 

JANET   HALE   MEMORIAL   SCHOLARSHIP 

The  Janet  Hale  Memorial  Scholarship,  which  has  been  awarded  in  the 
past  by  the  Alumnae  Association  to  the  member  of  the  graduating  class 
having  the  highest  average  in  scholarship,  has  been  discontinued,  due  to  the 
fact  that  so  few  of  those  awarded  the  scholarship  took  advantage  of  it.  In- 
stead, each  year  the  Alumnae  Association  is  making  an  award  of  $50  to  the 
student  maintaining  the  highest  average  in  scholarship,  in  addition  to  mak- 
ing available  $300  for  scholarship  purposes  to  those  who  wish  to  continue 
their  education. 

Those  interested  in  applying  for  use  of  this  fund  should  apply  to  Miss 
Virginia  Conley,  chairman  of  the  Education  Committee,  Box  2,  University 
Hospital,  Baltimore  1,  Md.  Recommendations  for  the  granting  of  the  funds 
are  made  by  the  Education  Committee  to  the  Executive  Committee  which 
in  turn  grants  the  scholarship. 


46  BULLETIN   OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND  -  SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 
THE   LIBRARY 

By  Simone  Hurst,  Librarian 

A  year  of  steady  progress  has  passed  since  the  latest  library  report  was 
made  in  the  Bulletin.  During  this  year,  books,  journals,  and  pamphlets 
were  added  to  the  collection,  with  a  view  to  meeting  the  needs  of  all  the 
departments  of  the  school.  There  are  now  2981  volumes  in  the  library 
collection,  of  which  569  is  recreational  reading. 

Statistics  taken  from  the  latest  annual  report  are  here  given  to  show 
in  part  the  circulation  of  books. 

Reserve  book  loans   1377 

Reserve  books  (used  in  library)    1274 

Weekly  loans    3342 

Recreational  book  loans  665 

Total  loans   6658 

No  statistics  are  kept  on  the  use  of  books,  journals,  pamphlets,  and  like 
material  used  in  the  reading  room,  and  of  which  much  use  is  made. 

A  gift  of  two  book  trucks  to  the  library  was  made  possible  through  a 
legacy  from  Miss  Nannie  J.  Lackland,  an  alumna  of  the  Class  of  1898.  A 
sterling  silver  name  plate  has  been  attached  to  each  to  commemorate 
the  gift. 

Appreciation  is  here  expressed  for  the  many  gifts  of  books  and  journals 
received  throughout  the  year. 

VOLUNTEER   PUBLIC   HEALTH   NURSING   PROGRAM 

With  the  approval  of  the  Commissioner  of  Health,  Dr.  Huntington  Wil- 
liams, the  Bureau  of  Public  Health  Nursing  recently  inaugurated  a  Vol- 
unteer Program.  Realizing  the  existing  nurse  shortage  and  in  a  sincere 
effort  to  keep  its  nursing  services  on  a  high  level,  interested  citizens  are 
being  recruited  and  placed  in  clinic  and  school  areas  to  assist  the  nurses 
with  their  most  important  and  diversified  duties. 

The  program  in  addition  to  aiding  the  nurses  will,  it  is  hoped,  produce 
a  group  of  informed  lay  people  who  will  be  able  to  understand  and  inter- 
pret the  city's  health  program. 

Very  fine  cooperation  is  being  given  our  organization  by  representatives 
from  the  Volunteer  Services  of  the  American  Red  Cross,  Baltimore  Chapter, 
as  well  as  by  many  other  interested  and  very  efficient  lay  people. 

Groups  of  interested  mothers  give  valuable  service  in  the  public  schools 
by  conducting  the  Massachusetts  Vision  Tests.  Other  types  of  surveys  are 
conducted  by  groups  of  parents  whenever  the  need  arises. 

More  volunteers  are  needed  as  nurses-aides,  clinical  assistants  and  clerks. 

The  program  is  under  the  chairmanship  of  Mrs.  E.  Elizabeth  Hipp. 
Mrs.  Hipp  was  E.  Elizabeth  Roth,  Class  of  1929. 

Any  interested  individuals  or  groups  may  call  Mrs.  Hipp  at  PL  2-2000, 
Extension  405,  for  further  information. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  47 


WANTED! 

During  the  past  year  the  School  of  Nursing  has  been  called  on  several 
times  to  participate  in  community  service  activities  relating  to  the  history 
of  nursing  at  our  alma  mater.  This  has  brought  to  our  attention  the  need 
for  us  to  gather  together  objects  of  historical  significance,  and  also  pointed 
out  the  need  for  space  in  which  to  keep  these  articles. 

Dean  Florence  Gipe,  whose  keen  interest  in  the  history  of  nursing  led 
her  to  select  it  as  the  topic  for  her  doctoral  dissertation,  expressed  interest 
in  this  project  and  offered  to  make  available  a  room  in  the  nurses'  residence 
to  house  these  articles. 

Perhaps  you  have  articles  that  may  be  interesting  additions  to  the  collec- 
tion such  as  pictures,  diplomas,  school  rings  or  pins,  early  textbooks,  awards 
of  merit,  class  banners,  uniforms  (our  school  has  had  several — such  as  the 
blue  and  white  stripe  with  long  sleeves,  the  solid  blue  worn  during  World 
War  II,  etc.),  surgical  instruments,  programs  from  significant  occasions,  etc. 

Items  of  this  sort  which  our  alumnae  alone  can  supply  will  form  the 
nucleus  of  an  "alumnae  museum."  We  ask  that  you  notify  the  University 
of  Maryland  Nurses'  Alumnae  Association,  Box  2,  University  Hospital, 
Baltimore  1,  Maryland,  if  you  have  an  article  for  our  collection. 

Elizabeth  R.  Singleton,  '47 

Committee  Chairman 


48  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 

PRIVATE   DUTY  POLICY  CHANGES 

By  Hortense  Bunting  Tegler 

The  Private  Duty  Nurses  of  the  Maryland  State  Nurses  Association  voted 
to  increase  their  fees  for  all  types  of  nursing  effective  November  9,  1953. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  private  duty  section  of  the  Maryland  State 
Nurses  Association,  in  November,  1952,  on  the  advice  of  the  Chairman 
of  the  Economic  Security  Board,  fees  were  reviewed  and  the  question 
discussed  as  to  whether  our  fees  were  sufficient  to  maintain  our  economic 
security.  It  was  voted  down  at  this  time;  but  in  June,  1953,  it  was  voted 
to  increase  their  fees  to  $14  for  eight-hour  duty  instead  of  the  $12  we 
were  then  receiving. 

This  was  approved  by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Maryland  State 
Nurses  Association  and  the  hospitals  were  notified  the  increase  would  go  into 
effect.  However,  the  Hospital  Conference  refused  to  allow  this  to  become 
an  actuality  and  decided  to  hold  several  meetings  with  the  nurses  to 
present  their  side.  Their  argument  was  that  they  were  unable  to  increase 
the  salaries  of  the  staff  nurses,  janitors,  porters,  maids,  laundry  workers, 
etc.,  and  therefore  it  would  be  unfair  for  us  to  receive  this  increase.  The 
question  was  then  left  to  the  private  duty  section  and  they  voted  to  have 
the  increase  go  into  effect  on  November  9.  The  Board  of  Directors  again 
approved,  but  the  Hospital  Conference  again  refused. 

It  was  only  after  many  nurses  threatened  to  be  available  at  $14  only 
that  the  hospitals  decided  it  could  go  into  effect  on  December  1,  1953. 

Actually  no  one  has  the  right  to  dictate  what  a  private  duty  nurse  shall 
charge  except  the  nurse  herself  since  she  is  an  independent  contractor. 

As  of  December  1,  1953,  the  private  duty  nurses  of  Baltimore  were 
all  collecting  the  following  fees: 

1.  $14  for  8-hour  duty 

2.  $30  for  20-hour  duty  (in  homes  only) 

3.  $3.50  for  1st  hour  in  hourly  nursing;  $1.75  per  hour  thereafter  up  to 
four  hours 

4.  No  discrimination  against  any  type  of  nursing. 

Mr.  Buck,  director  of  the  University  Hospital,  presented  no  obstacle  to 
our  group  after  this  decision  and  left  the  matter  entirely  up  to  our  own 
private  duty  nurses,  who  voted  unanimously  for  the  increase  and  a  letter 
was  sent  to  him  informing  him  of  our  wishes. 

The  private  duty  nurses  employed  at  the  University  still  collect  their 
own  fees,  and  the  plan  continues  to  be  satisfactory. 

SCHOOL  AND   HOSPITAL   PLATES 

Plates  of  the  School  of  Medicine,  University  of  Maryland,  the  New 
Hospital  and  the  Old  Hospital  are  available.  These  white  plates  are  10 
inches  in  diameter  with  black  print.  The  price  is  two  dollars  and  fifty 
cents,  plus  fifty  cents  for  mailing  and  insurance.  Send  order  stating  the 
plates  desired,  with  checks,  to  Mrs.  Bessie  M.  Arnurius,  Box  2,  University 
Hospital,  Baltimore  1,  Md.  Make  check  payable  to  Nurses'  Alumnae 
Association  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  49 

PSYCHIATRIC   INSTITUTE 

By  Eleanor  Slacum,  Director  of  Nursing  Service,  Psychiatric  Unit 

The  calendar  year  of  '54  finds  the  Institute  in  its  second  year  of  func- 
tioning. The  fourth  unit  was  opened  for  In-Patient  service  in  April  of  the 
current  year.  The  other  three  units  including  two  for  psychiatry  and  one 
for  psychosomatic  medicine  admitted  patients  in  June,  August  and  October 
respectively  in  1953.  A  treatment  area  for  the  administration  of  insulin 
and  electro-shock  therapy  has  been  in  operation  since  1953. 

Two  groups  of  students  from  the  University  of  Maryland  Nursing 
School  have  completed  the  program  in  psychiatric  nursing  during  the  cur- 
rent year.  The  program  was  under  the  direction  of  two  clinical  instructors 
who  are  members  of  the  faculty.  Four  members  of  the  recent  graduating 
class  have  joined  the  nursing  staff  in  the  Institute  and  other  applications 
are  pending.  Nursing  students  have  also  received  instruction  and  experience 
in  psychosomatic  medicine  under  the  leadership  of  the  clinical  instructor 
in  that  area.  In-service  programs  are  made  available  to  staff  nurses  and  aides. 

Clinical  Areas  include  the  Adult  Outpatient  department,  Children's  clinic 
and  the  newly  organized  clinic  for  alcoholics. 

The  Nursing  Staff  at  present  includes  22  nurses  and  34  aides. 

The  Occupational  Therapy  Department  functions  under  the  guidance 
of  a  director  and  two  assistants. 

The  departments  of  Psychology  and  Social  Service  have  also  been  func- 
tioning since  the  Institute  opened. 

The  Psychiatric  Institute  Bulletin  Vol.  No.  1  states  the  three  primary 
goals  as  clinical,  teaching  and  research.  Under  research  is  listed  the  several 
groups  and  various  kinds  of  research  in  which  they  are  engaged.  Sup- 
ported by  the  National  Foundation  for  Infantile  Paralysis,  an  investigation 
is  being  directed  in  the  psychological  and  sociological  factors  in  the  treat- 
ment and  rehabilitation  of  poliomyelitis  patients  and  their  families. 

Another  investigation  included  study  of  patterns  of  psycho-social  response 
in  civilian  community  disasters.  This  study  was  supported  by  the  Army 
Chemical  Corps. 

Another  study  involved  human  myographic  response  to  loud  sound.  Work 
is  being  continued  in  the  same  field  to  study  further  aspects  of  autonomic 
activity  on  psychological  functioning  in  man. 

The  Psychology  Department  is  engaged  in  a  study  of  projective  methods 
in  clinical  psychology. 

A  study  is  being  made  to  evaluate  the  effectiveness  of  an  in-service  train- 
ing program  in  mental  health. 

A  research  group  is  carrying  out  a  series  of  studies  on  the  relationships 
of  neuronal  metabolism  and  functional  activity.  A  project  in  medical  edu- 
cation is  being  conducted  by  the  clinical  director  and  professor  of  psychiatry. 

A  research  group  in  the  department  of  psychology  has  been  developing 
categories  for  the  study  of  content  analysis. 

The  Psychiatric  Institute  Bulletin  is  issued  by  the  Committee  on  Public 
Relations  which  is  composed  of  representatives  of  the  various  departments 
in  the  Institute. 


50  BULLETIN    OF    THE   NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

PERSONAL   NEWS   ITEMS 

Miss  Martha  Bush  Michael,  Class  1893,  is  living  with  her  sister,  Mrs. 
W.  D.  Williamson,  in  Roanoke,  Va.,  since  Miss  Michael  had  a  slight 
stroke  in  June,  1952.  Mrs.  Williamson  writes  "she  is  weak,  but  not  helpless." 

Miss  Lillian  K.  McDaniel,  Class  1915,  retired  from  the  I.  V.  N.  A.  on 
September  1,  1953,  after  31  years  of  service.  Miss  McDaniel  is  doing  staff 
nursing  six  days  a  month  at  the  University  Hospital.  She  talks  of  her  work 
with  enthusiasm  and  finds  the  hospital  environment  much  improved  since 
her  student  days. 

We  received  a  letter  from  Mrs.  John  W.  Caldwell,  Class  1916,  in  which 
she  said,  "I  am  sorry  you  have  not  had  this  before,  but  as  you  see,  I  am  not 
at  home  anymore  in  the  winter.  I  have  been  at  this  above  college  for  two 
years  now  and  my  mail  runs  all  around  before  it  gets  to  me. 

"One  of  our  graduates  lives  about  twelve  miles  from  here.  I  looked  her 
up,  but  she  wasn't  home.  Her  name  is  Miss  Arye.  Her  sister  was  there, 
so  I  had  a  nice  visit  with  her.    She,  too,  is  a  nurse. 

"One  of  my  classmates,  Mrs.  Noell,  Polly  Clark,  lives  at  Greensboro,  just 
fifty-nine  miles  away.  I  have  had  several  nice  weekends  with  her. 

"Forgive  me  for  being  so  late.  I  wish  I  could  come  up  in  June  for  com- 
mencement, but  it  is  impossible.  We  do  not  leave  here  until  June  the  first." 

Mrs.  Caldwell  was  Maude  Simmons. 

Mrs.  Herbert  Zimmerman,  'nee  Cecelia  Moore,  Class  1918,  writes,  "I 
don't  have  any  exciting  news  about  myself.  I  am  still  married  to  the  same 
guy,  and  we  are  both  well  and  happy.  My  son  is  twenty-three  years  old, 
and  will  graduate  the  first  of  June  from  St.  Louis  University  Medical 
School.   So  we  are  real  proud  of  him.  Give  my  best  love  to  all  of  the  girls." 

Ruth  Clements,  Class  1920,  resigned  as  Director  of  Nurses  at  the  Fred- 
erick City  Hospital,  Frederick,  Maryland,  September  1st,  1954,  and 
accepted  a  position  in  charge  of  the  Health  Program,  and  is  teaching  Psy- 
chology and  Sociology  at  Ferrum  Junior  College,  Ferrum,  Va. 

Miss  Velma  Kish,  Class  1923,  had  to  resign  as  Educational  Director  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Hospital  on  account  of  ill  health.  After  five  months  of 
rest  she  has  accepted  a  position  with  the  Children's  Hospital  in  Los 
Angeles,  as  Assistant  Director  of  Nurses. 

After  many  years  we  were  able  to  get  the  correct  address  of  Mrs.  W. 
Thomas  Hadden;  residence:  19  Waterloo  Road,  Half-Way  Tree,  Jamaica, 
B.  W.  I.  Mrs.  Hadden  writes,  "I  have  two  children:  a  girl,  Shelia  Barbara, 
age  sixteen  years,  in  school  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  and  a  boy,  William 
Dennis,  age  eleven,  in  school  in  Kingston,  Jamaica."  Mrs.  Hadden  was 
married  in  1937;  she  did  private  duty  nursing  before  her  marriage.  She 
graduated  in  1929. 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND  51 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  E.  Bankert  and  their  son  moved  into  their  new 
home,  410  Garland  Road,  Northwood,  Wilmington,  Delaware,  in  October, 
1953.  Mrs.  Bankert  was  Eva  Laigneil,  Class  1930. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vernon  Eaton,  of  Akron,  Ohio,  visited  the  hospital  the 
first  of  March.  Mrs.  Eaton  was  appointed  Director  of  Nurses  at  the 
Children's  Hospital,  in  Akron,  Ohio,  in  1953.  Mrs.  Eaton  was  Gladys 
Adkins,  Class  1930. 

Mrs.  Louis  G.  Penn,  sister  of  Mrs.  Daniel  Cruz,  writes  us  that  her  sister, 
who  is  living  in  Anchorage,  Alaska,  says  spring  is  just  around  the  corner. 
Mrs.  Penn  says  her  sister  seems  most  happy  with  her  family  and  home, 
and  enjoys  their  cabin  at  the  lake,  plus  fishing,  boating  and  swimming  in 
the  summer.  The  whole  family  goes  in  for  boating,  and  even  the  older 
girl,  Barbara  Ann,  who  is  only  seven  years  old,  can  handle  a  boat  on  the 
lake.  Mrs.  Cruz  was  Mildred  Cramer,  Class  1937. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  A.  Davis,  and  three  children,  live  in  Clarksburg,  Md. 
Mrs.  Davis  was  Alice  Garrison,  Class  1938. 

On  the  occasion  of  her  fifteenth  anniversary,  Virginia  Richardson  Nuttall, 
Class  1939,  wrote  a  most  interesting  travelogue  of  the  life  of  her  family  in 
England,  where  Lt.  Col.  Nuttall  is  currently  stationed.  She  wrote  of  trips 
to  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  Westminster  Abbey,  London  Bridge,  Windsor 
Castle,  the  Houses  of  Parliament,  Big  Ben  and  many  other  places  of  world 
fame.  It  was  Mrs.  Nuttall's  deep  regret  that  she  was  unable  to  join  her 
classmates  on  the  occasion  of  their  fifteenth  reunion,  but  she  hopes  to  be 
back  in  the  States  in  time  to  enjoy  the  next  one. 

Captain  and  Mrs.  Donald  W.  Kimlin  have  two  children,  Jean,  age  seven, 
and  Donald  W.,  Jr.,  age  six.  Captain  Kimlin  is  stationed  at  Fort  Bragg, 
N.  C.  Mrs.  Kimlin  was  Nellie  Ferrell  Gardner,  Class  1940.  Mrs.  Nellie 
Ferrell  Gardner,  Class  1905,  is  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Kimlin,  and  is  living 
in  the  William's  Home  on  Longhorne  Road,  Lynchburg,  Virginia. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  S.  Ballo  and  their  ten-year-old  son,  Stevie,  visited  the 
hospital  in  August.  It  has  been  twelve  years  since  their  last  visit;  they 
reside  in  Monterey,  California.  Mrs.  Ballo  was  Ethel  B.  Smithson,  Class 
1940.  Mrs.  Ballo  has  been  employed  in  a  surgeon's  office  for  the  past  two 
years. 

Mrs.  Edwin  J.  Austin  is  president  of  the  Mothers'  Club  of  J.  H.  S.  No. 
73,  in  Maspeth,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.  Mrs.  Austin  says  this  organization  is 
comparable  to  a  P.-T.  A.   Mrs.  Austin  was  Ruth  Misener,  Class  1943. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  H.  Price  and  their  children,  Sara  Jane,  age  six, 
and  James  Edward,  age  four,  are  living  in  West  Chester,  Pa.  They  are 
expecting  their  third  child  in  July.  Mrs.  Price  was  Frances  Danby  Williams, 
Class  1943. 

Captain  and  Mrs.  George  R.  Hurd  are  stationed  in  Germany.  Mrs. 
Hurd  was  Clara  Gertrude  Lebeck,  Class  1943. 


52  BULLETIN   OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION 

Eleanor  L.  Gordner,  Class  1943,  has  been  promoted  from  lieutenant  to 
captain  in  the  A.  N.  C.  She  is  stationed  at  Brooke  Army  Hospital,  Fort 
Sam  Houston,  San  Antonio,  Texas,  and  is  instructor  in  Advanced  Medicine 
Technicians  School. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Marshall  are  living  in  Arlington,  Va.  Mrs.  Marshall 
was  Frances  Anita  Jones,  Class  1943. 

Ernestine  Johnson  Moore,  Class  1944,  has  moved  to  Virginia  Beach, 
Virginia.   Commander  Moore  has  been  assigned  to  the  U.S.S.  Albany  there. 

Ann  Love,  Class  1944,  who  recently  became  Mrs.  Dawson  Murphy,  has 
moved  to  204  High  Street,  Cambridge,  Maryland. 

Doris  M.  Kessler,  A.  N.  C,  Class  1944,  writes,  "This  tour  of  duty  in 
Alaska  has  been  quite  an  experience."  The  Nurses'  Quarters  were  com- 
pletely destroyed  by  fire  in  February,  and  everything  was  burned. 

Mrs.  John  A.  Smith  writes,  "I  am  the  evening  supervisor  at  St.  Vincent's 
Hospital,  and  enjoy  it  very  much."  St.  Vincent's  is  a  private  Psychiatric 
Hospital  with  two  hundred  and  fifty  beds.  A  large  building  program  is 
underway  for  a  new  acute  hospital.  This  is  the  first  time  in  its  128  years 
of  existence  that  the  Daughters  of  Charity  have  ever  asked  for  help,  and 
the  response  has  been  overwhelming.  Mrs.  Smith  was  Eloise  Kindig, 
Class  1944. 

Mrs.  James  G.  Disharoon,  nee  Dorothy  Jean  Nelson,  Class  1944,  has  a 
position  with  The  District  Public  Health  Nursing  Department  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Mrs.  Marjorie  McCann  Brown,  Class  1944,  writes:  "I  am  still  in  the 
service,  teaching  in  a  practical  nurse  school,  staffed  by  the  army  for  army 
persons,  either  men  or  women.  The  school  is  accredited  by  the  state  and 
nationally,  and  it  seems  to  be  part  of  the  answer  of  how  to  take  care 
of  the  shortage  of  trained  persons  in  the  army  hospitals.  Surprisingly 
enough,  the  course  is  of  more  interest  to  the  soldiers  than  to  the  WAC. 
The  school  is  forty-eight  weeks  long,  and  the  graduates  take  their  state 
boards  before  they  leave  for  a  new  station.  It  has  been  very  interesting  to 
do  this  type  of  teaching." 

Mrs.  Charles  G.  Morgan,  the  children,  and  her  father,  Dr.  John  F.  Lutz, 
joined  her  husband,  Sergeant  Morgan,  in  Japan  in  September,  1954.  Mrs. 
Morgan  was  Anne  Caroline  Lutz,  Class  1946.  The  whole  family  likes  it 
very  much  in  Japan.  This  is  their  address:  Mrs.  Charles  G.  Morgan,  c/o 
M/Sgt.  Charles  G.  Morgan,  A.F.  19336233,  6160  M.T.N.  Squadron,  A.P.O. 
244,  c/o  P.M.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

In  a  little  note  Mrs.  Paul  L.  Heininger  says,  "I  am  sorry  I  can't  be  with 
you  at  the  banquet,  but  my  husband  (Dr.  Paul  L.  Heininger)  has  to  go  in 
the  Navy  on  May  17.   I  hope  that  you  have  a  splendid  time.   My  thoughts 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND  53 

will  be  with  you,  and  I  send  my  best  wishes  to  each  and  every  one  of  you." 
Mrs.  Heininger  was  Mary  C.  Green,  Class  1946. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  R.  Zimmerman  and  two  children,  Lynn  Robert 
and  Dale  Regis,  age  two  and  three  years  old,  are  living  in  Kensington, 
Md.   Mrs.  Zimmerman  was  Amber  Arnold,  Class  1946. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  S.  Melvin  and  three  children,  Roy,  III,  five  years  old, 
Debby  Ann,  three  years,  and  Blair  Kent,  twenty-one  months,  have  moved 
into  their  new  home  on  Resse  Road,  Westminster,  Md.  Mrs.  Melvin 
writes,  "We  are  thoroughly  enjoying  the  many  riches  the  rural  life  has 
to  offer,  and  trust  that  our  friends  will  find  an  opportunity  to  share  it 
with  us."   Mrs.  Melvin  was  Rita  Kent,  Class  1946. 

Mrs.  Jack  C.  Smith  writes,  "I  enjoyed  the  Bulletin  very  much."  And 
she  also  adds,  "We  have  two  lovely  little  daughters,  Stephanie,  born  Septem- 
ber 3,  1949,  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and  Sherrie,  born  January  2,  1951,  in  San 
Diego,  Cal. "  Mrs.  Smith  was  Judy  Garland,  Class  1946. 

Mrs.  William  Sites  Kiser,  Jean  Crow,  Class  1947,  the  former  "Miss 
Maryland,"  left  Baltimore  on  October  18  to  join  her  husband,  1st  Lt.  Kiser, 
at  the  following  address:  c/o  1st  Lt.  William  Sites  Kiser,  A.  O.  2261657, 
Headquarters,  7221  S.  T.  Support  Squadron,  A.P.O.  118,  Box  18,  c/o 
Postmaster,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond  C.  Spaulding,  Jr.,  and  small  daughter,  Martha 
Lucinda,  visited  the  hospital  in  March.  Mrs.  Spaulding  was  Doris  Swartz, 
Class  1947. 

Captain  and  Mrs.  Frank  Baker,  Jr.,  are  stationed  at  Elmendorf  Air  Force 
Base.  Mrs.  Baker  writes,  "This  is  located  just  outside  of  Anchorage, 
Alaska,  and  we  are  finding  life  up  here  real  interesting,  sorry  we  won't 
make  the  banquet  this  year."  Mrs.  Baker  was  La  Rue  Kenney,  Class  1947. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jerome  E.  Cohn  paid  a  short  visit  to  the  hospital  the  middle 
of  March.  Their  young  son  was  visiting  his  grandparents  in  Myersville, 
Md.,  while  his  parents  spent  the  night  in  Baltimore.  Mrs.  Cohn  was 
Jean  Waters,  Class  1948. 

Mrs.  Louis  Klag,  nee  Joan  Cowles,  Class  1948,  has  been  working  general 
duty  in  the  Chula  Vista  Hospital,  in  Chula  Vista,  California,  while  her 
husband  has  been  in  the  service. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  John  E.  Goeckler  and  their  two  small  daughters  are  living 
in  Seattle,  Washington.  They  returned  from  a  tour  of  duty  in  Germany  last 
June,  1953.  Dr.  Goeckler  is  Resident  in  Orthopedic  Surgery  at  University 
of  Washington.   Mrs.  Goeckler  was  Harriet  Smith,  Class  1947. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Marion  Insley  have  moved  to  Danville,  Pa.,  where  Dr. 
Insley  is  taking  a  residency  in  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat.  Mrs.  Insley  was 
Doris  Shipley,  Class  1949. 


54  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 

Lt.  Joan  E.  Bower,  (N.  C.)  USN,  Class  1949,  writes  us,  "I  have  recently 
returned  from  spending  eighteen  months  in  Japan,  and  it  really  feels  good 
to  be  back  in  the  U.  S.  A.  "  Lt.  Bower  is  stationed  at  the  U.  S.  Marine 
Hospital,  Quantico,  Va. 

Ruby  Mellor  Beitler,  Class  1949,  is  doing  general  duty  at  Prince  George 
County  Hospital.  Her  husband,  S/Sgt.  Zane  Beitler,  is  stationed  at  Andrews 
Air  Force  Base  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  A.  Miller,  formerly  of  Greenbelt,  Md.,  are  residing 
at  3915  Dolfield  Ave.,  Baltimore.  The  Millers  have  two  sons,  Garry  E., 
two  years  old,  and  Jay  A.,  who  is  several  months  old.  Mrs.  Miller  was 
Jacqueline  Loar,  Class  1950. 

Betty  Lou  Watts,  Class  1950,  writes,  "I  have  been  working  with  the 
government  at  the  Gorgas  Hospital  on  the  Pacific  side  of  the  Canal  since 
1951,  mainly  in  Pediatrics  and  Obstetrics.  The  hospital  is  quite  beautiful, 
surrounded  by  coconut  and  palm  trees,  and  overlooking  the  Pacific  Ocean. 
I  love  it." 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Tether  and  daughter,  Dacyl  Lain,  who  will  be  three 
years  old  in  April,  1955,  are  living  in  College  Park,  Md.  Mrs.  Tether  was 
Beverly  Hoxie,  Class  1951. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Michael  J.  Manley  moved  into  their  new  home  at  3813 
Nancy  Ave.,  Wilmington  8,  Delaware,  on  February  1,  1954.  Mrs.  Manley 
was  Mildred  Morne,  Class   1949. 

Miss  Dorothy  Bartz,  Class  1950,  is  working  as  an  assistant  head  nurse 
at  the  Boston  Veterans  Administration  Hospital. 

Mrs.  Dorothy  Calif iore,  Class  1951,  writes,  "I  left  Baltimore  September 
9  to  an  assignment  at  the  U.  S.  Public  Health  Service  Field  Station  in 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  in  the  Communicable  Disease  Unit.  I  accepted  an 
appointment  as  a  Commissioned  Officer  in  the  Service  following  my  grad- 
uation from  the  School  of  Public  Health,  University  of  Minnesota,  this  past 
June.  My  work  here  is  as  a  Public  Health  Nurse  in  the  epidemic  control 
and  investigation  and  research." 

Mrs.  Robert  D.  Purcell,  Class  1952,  writes  us  that  she  and  her  husband, 
Lt.  Purcell,  moved  to  government  quarters  at  the  Marine  Barracks  in 
Hingham,  Massachusetts,  in  February  1954.  They  expect  to  be  stationed 
there  for  a  year  or  more.   Mrs.  Purcell  was  Ann  Jackson. 

Miss  Ivery  Reiter,  Class  1952,  has  a  position  in  Dr.  Erwin  R.  Jennings 
office  in  Brunswick,  Georgia.   She  says  she  loves  the  Southern  hospitality. 

Miss  Louise  Ada  Baugher,  Class  1952,  is  doing  general  duty  at  the 
York  Hospital,  York,  Pa. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  George  E.  Garrington,  who  were  married  on  March  28, 
1953,  have  been  living  in  New  Orleans  for  the  past  year  and  have  recently 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  55 

moved  to  San  Francisco,  California.  Dr.  Garrington  is  a  dentist  with  the 
United  States  Public  Health  Service.  Mrs.  Garrington  was  Doris  Price, 
Class  1952. 

Mary  Huddleson,  Class  1952,  is  an  Ensign  in  the  U.S.N.R.,  and  is  sta- 
tioned with  the  U.  S.  Naval  Hospital,  Oceanside,  California. 

Jean  Elmore,  Class  1953,  has  been  a  staff  nurse  at  the  Medical  College 
of  Virginia.  She  tells  us  that  she  has  enjoyed  working  there,  and  that  she 
is  very  eager  to  begin  studying  for  her  degree  at  the  University  of  North 
Carolina  in  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 

Miss  A.  Carol  Grimes,  Class  1953,  has  a  position  on  the  staff  at  the 
Springfield  State  Hospital,  Sykesville,  Md. 

Mrs.  Carl  R.  Thayer,  Class  1953,  nee  Helena  Ramsburg,  is  on  duty  in  the 
delivery  room  in  the  Blaunt  Memorial  Hospital  in  Maryville,  Tenn.  Mrs. 
Thayer  says  Maryville  is  located  at  the  foot  of  the  great  Smoky  Mountains, 
and  invites  anyone  passing  that  way  to  stop  and  visit  her. 


To  many  graduates,  the  name  of  Bessie  Masten  Arnurius,  Class  of  1920, 
and  the  Alumnae  Association  are  synonymous.  Each  year  many  letters  go 
out  to  our  members  from  Mrs.  Arnurius.  This  extra  time  and  interest  does 
not  go  unnoticed  by  the  graduates,  and  many  of  them  take  a  few  moments 
to  answer  these  letters.  In  order  that  all  of  us  may  have  the  opportunity  to 
enjoy  these  notes,  parts  of  them  have  been  incorporated  in  the  Bulletin. 
We  hope  that  others  of  you  will  forward  to  the  Bulletin  news  concerning 
yourself  and  your  classmates. 


Geraldine  Kilby  White  (Mrs.  John  P.  White,  III) — Class  of  1952 
3606  The  Alameda,  Baltimore  18,  Maryland 

Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

Your  card  has  just  recently  been  forwarded  to  me  and  I  would  like  very 
much  to  have  the  1953  Nurses'  Alumnae  Bulletin.  .  .  .  My  husband  and  I 
returned  to  the  United  States  in  November  after  a  year  spent  at  the  U.  S. 
Naval  Hospital  in  Yokosuka,  Japan.  We  are  at  present  living  in  West 
Hyattsville,  while  Jack  takes  six  months  of  surgical  pathology  at  Garfield 
Memorial  Hospital  in  Washington.  Next  year  we  plan  to  be  back  in 
Baltimore  again. 

I  am  very  interested  in  the  activities  of  the  Nurses'  Alumnae  Association, 
and  am  looking  forward  to  receiving  the  Bulletin. 


56  BULLETIN    OF    THE    NURSES'    ALUMNAE    ASSOCIATION 

Mary  R.  Gsegner  (nee  Mary  Rudisill) — Class  of  1937 
505  Hazelwood  Drive,  Marietta,  Georgia 
Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

Thanks  for  the  reminder  of  the  Bulletin  as  I  do  enjoy  seeing  what's  hap- 
pening to  all  the  folks.  .  .  .  My  news  is  the  usual.  We  have  a  new  daughter, 
Mary  Bertie  Gsegner,  born  January  27,  1954.  We  are  very  proud  of  our 
family,  two  boys,  Ford  and  Robert;  now  two  girls,  Susan  and  Mary.  They 
are  a  handful  so  I  haven't  worked  at  nursing  tor  the  past  three  years.  The 
hospital  here  is  new  and  is  well  equipped.  It  serves  the  Lockheed  plant  here 
and  any  emergency  cases  from  Dobbins  Air  Base.  I  get  lots  of  calls  to  do 
either  private  duty  or  hospital  work.  Someday  I'm  gonna  get  me  a  cap 
and  go  back.  Atlanta,  which  is  near,  also  has  some  nice  hospitals  that  I 
have  visited. 

Someday  we  are  coming  up  Maryland-way  again  to  see  everyone.  .  .  .  My 
two  oldest,  Ford  and  Susan,  are  planning  to  visit  their  grandmother  in  Bal- 
timore this  summer,  and  I  want  them  to  go  through  the  hospital.  I  imagine 
there  are  a  lot  of  changes.  .  .  .  Please  give  my  regards  to  all. 

Lucy  Prettyman  (nee  Lucy  Hill) — Class  of  1914 
5306  Woodlawn  Avenue,  Chevy  Chase  15,  Maryland 
Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

I  am  just  a  housewife  interested  in  flower  arranging,  gardening,  church, 
bowling,  bridge,  reading,  and  the  Florence  Crittenton  Home  so  my  life  is 
very  uneventful  compared  to  the  nurses'  lives. 

About  twelve  of  our  class  had  lunch  with  Dr.  and  Mrs.  William  Billings- 
lea  in  Glen  Burnie,  Maryland;  she  was  Miss  Zepp  of  1914.  It  was  lots  of 
fun  renewing  old  friendships. 

Anne  Winterringer  (nee  Anne  Tucker) — Class  of  1945 
1424  4th  Avenue,  S.W.,  Rochester,  Minnesota 
Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

My  husband  finishes  his  fellowship  in  Urology  here  at  the  Mayo  Clinic 
in  July,  1954,  this  finishing  over  four  years  here.  We,  as  yet,  don't  know 
where  he  will  practice.  We  hope  somewhere  in  the  South.  I  have  two 
children,  Susan  Leigh,  age  two,  and  Ruth  Anne,  age  eight  months. 

(Helen  White,  Class  of  1945)  Mrs.  Charles  Murray  has  twins,  born  in 
February,  1953 — Betty  and  Brandt.  She  also  has  a  boy,  Fred,  age  five. 

("Polly"  Ann  Penelope  Tucker,  Class  of  1942)  Mrs.  William  Woodson 
is  married  to  an  orthopedic  surgeon  and  now  lives  in  Twin  Falls,  Idaho, 
where  he  is  practicing. 

I  see  Marge  Stoner  (Mrs.  Jim  Hunter)  quite  often  as  she  lives  here.  Jim 
is  on  the  staff  in  Ob.-Gyn.  They  have  three  children,  two  girls  and  a  boy. 

I  hope  we  will  be  able  to  come  by  the  hospital  sometime  this  summer  and 
see  all  our  friends.  Give  them  our  regards. 


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Beulah  O.  Stamps  (nee  Beulah  O.  Hall) — Class  of  1909 
Inglewood,  California 
Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

Kittie  Duker  was  out  to  see  her  daughter  last  fall.  I  had  a  nice  conversa- 
tion over  the  phone  but  did  not  get  to  see  her  as  my  husband  was  so  very 
ill.  He  was  operated  on  Christmas  of  1953  for  prostate  enlargement,  not 
malignant,  but  it  takes  a  long  time  for  a  man  to  build  up  at  eighty-one 
years  old.  He  is  improving  now  slowly.  As  for  myself,  I  am  very  tired  nurs- 
ing two  years  without  a  day  off,  but  he  will  not  allow  a  nurse  or  his 
daughters  to  do  one  thing.  He  wants  Beulah  to  do  it.  But  I  have  wonderful 
health  for  my  age.  I  am  seventy-two  years  old. 

Do  wish  someone  would  write  me  something  of  my  classmates.  How  is 
Miss  Getzendama?  I  graduated  May  5,  1909,  and  have  nursed  a  great  deal 
of  that  time.  But,  of  course,  I  am  retired  now.  Am  looking  forward  to 
receiving  the  Nurses'  Alumnae  Bulletin. 


Frances  D'Autriel  (nee  Frances  Lister) — Class  of  1944 
8580  Cuefor  Crescent,  Norfolk,  Virginia 
Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

Enclosed  please  find  one  dollar  for  the  1953  Nurses'  Alumnae  Bulletin. 
I  haven't  received  one  in  about  four  years  and  am  anxious  to  have  news  of 
University  Hospital  and  old  friends. 

My  husband,  Cdr.  Joseph  E.  D'Autriel,  has  just  completed  four  years' 
tour  of  duty  with  the  Navy  and  we  are  once  again  civilians  with  a  perma- 
nent address.  .  .  .  We  have  two  sons,  Michel,  age  seven,  and  Peter,  age 
three.  As  soon  as  my  youngest  begins  school  I  hope  to  become  active  in 
the  nursing  field  again,  for  I  have  missed  it  very  much. 


Jean  Mallis  (nee  Jean  Nilsson) — Class  of  1947 

c/o  Capt.  Nicholas  Mallis,  34th  Gen.  Hosp.,  APO  58,  c/o  PM  New  York 

Dear  Mrs.  Horine: 

Once  again  we  have  moved — this  time  to  Orleans,  France.  We  are  all 
well  and  happy  though  the  living  standard  here  is  very  low.  Nick  is  Chief 
of  Urology  at  the  34th  General  Hospital  and  expects  to  be  stationed  here 
until  July,  1956.  My  little  boy,  Nickie,  age  three,  and  I  flew  over  in  No- 
vember. It  was  none  too  soon  as  our  new  baby,  Steven  Michael  Mallis,  was 
born  December  15.  He  weighed  three  pounds  and  was  over  two  months' 
premature,  but  has  gotten  along  beautifully.  He  is  over  six  pounds  now  and 
healthy  as  all  get-out. 

We  miss  University  Hospital  and  all  our  friends  so  very  much.  It  will  be 
wonderful  to  get  the  bulletin. 


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U.  S.  Naval  Hospital 
Quantico,  Va. 
Dear  Alumnae: 

They  say  join  the  Navy  and  see  the  world.  Well,  I  think  that  has  hap- 
pened to  me  since  I  joined  the  Navy  four  years  ago.  I  have  not  been  all 
over  the  world  but  I  still  feel  as  if  I  have  seen  a  good  bit  of  it. 

Just  two  months  ago  I  returned  to  the  States  after  having  an  eighteen- 
month  tour  of  duty  in  the  U.  S.  Naval  Hospital  at  Yokosuka,  Japan.  It  was 
in  October  1952  that  I  left  the  States  aboard  the  MSTS  General  Sultan 
and  headed  for  the  Far  East.  It  took  us  thirteen  days  to  reach  Yokohama, 
Japan,  making  a  non-stop  voyage.  That  was  my  first  time  aboard  ship  so 
it  in  itself  was  an  experience. 

I  found  the  Orient  a  very  fascinating  place  with  its  customs  and  lan- 
guage. The  Japanese  people  were  very  friendly.  Although  at  first  I  found 
it  very  difficult  to  speak  to  them,  because  of  the  language  barrier.  Many  of 
the  Japanese  do,  though,  speak  fluent  English  due  to  the  constant  increase 
of  Americans  in  Japan. 

Their  homes  are  quite  different  from  the  Americans.  They  heat  their 
homes  with  "habachie"  pots  instead  of  furnaces.  They  have  all  sliding 
doors  and  when  entering  one  must  first  remove  your  shoes  and  put  on 
slippers  which  are  provided  for  you.  Their  floors  are  covered  with  heavy 
straw  mats  and  they  have  no  chairs  or  beds.  When  eating  you  sit  at  a  small, 
short  legged  table.  Chopsticks  are  used  in  place  of  knives  and  forks.  I  had 
quite  a  few  opportunities  to  eat  with  chopsticks  and  after  you  acquire  the 
art  of  handling  them  it  is  a  lot  of  fun.  They  also  do  all  their  cooking  over 
habachie  pots.  Like  sitting  they  also  sleep  on  the  floor  on  cushioned  mats. 

As  for  duty  at  the  Naval  Hospital  it  was  very  much  like  the  States  only 
a  lot  busier.  When  I  first  arrived  there  we  were  constantly  getting  in 
casualties  from  the  hospital  ships  and  from  air  evacs.  It  was  very  sad  to 
see  these  boys  being  brought  in  minus  arms  and  legs  and  in  other  serious 
and  critical  conditions.  At  times  it  was  necessary  to  work  long  hours,  but 
it  was  well  worth  it  because  we  felt  as  if  we  were  needed  and  that  we  were 
doing  something  worthwhile.  The  hospital  was  well  staffed  with  doctors, 
nurses  and  corpsmen.  I  met  quite  a  few  people  I  had  known  back  in  the 
States  including  one  doctor  who  was  a  resident  at  University  Hospital 
when  I  was  a  student.  It  is  very  strange  how  you  can  be  so  far  away  from 
home  and  yet  meet  so  many  you  know. 

I  got  to  see  a  lot  of  Japan  while  there.  Went  to  Tokyo  frequently  since  it 
was  only  about  45  miles  from  the  Naval  Base.  There  we  would  take  in 
shows  and  do  our  shopping.  Last  year  I  took  leave  with  some  of  the  other 
nurses  and  went  down  to  Kyoto  which  is  the  old  capital  of  Japan.  This  is 
located  on  the  other  side  of  the  island.  We  also  visited  Niko  which  is 
famous  for  its  shrines  and  temples.  No  matter  where  you  go  in  Japan  there 
is  always  something  to  see. 


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59 


One  month  before  returning  to  the  States  I  had  the  opportunity  to  fly 
down  to  Hong  Kong,  China,  stopping  at  Okinawa  and  Formosa.  This  was 
one  wonderful  trip  and  something  I  am  glad  I  didn't  miss  while  in  the  Far 
East.  We  got  to  tour  the  Island  going  within  one-quarter  of  a  mile  from 
the  Communist  border.  Also  found  Hong  Kong  a  wonderful  shopping  city. 
It  was  really  a  wonderful  worthwhile  trip. 

When  I  left  Japan  in  April  it  had  changed  quite  a  bit  from  when  I  first 
arrived  there.  The  hospital  is  not  near  as  busy  and  the  staff  has  had  almost 
a  complete  turnover. 

My  return  to  the  States  was  by  Military  Air  Transport.  We  flew  from 
Tokyo  to  San  Francisco,  stopping  for  one  wonderful  24  hours  in  Hawaii. 

Now  that  I  am  here  at  Quantico,  Va.,  my  tour  of  duty  in  the  Far  East 
seems  almost  like  a  dream.  As  I  said  before,  it  was  wonderful,  very  interest- 
ing and  a  good  experience. 

If  anybody  ever  has  the  opportunity  to  visit  the  Orient  don't  hesitate  to 
go.  You'll  love  it. 

Sincerely, 

Joan  E.  Bower 
LTJG  (NC)  USN 
Class  Oct.  '49 


Eleanor  Harrison — Class  of  1949 

246  East  Alexandria,  Detroit  1,  Michigan 

Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

It  is  always  a  pleasure  for  me  to  receive  the  Bulletin  due  to  the  fact  that 
I'm  away  from  Baltimore  and  don't  hear  too  much  of  the  news  of  most  of 
the  other  girls.  It's  a  wonderful  way  to  keep  in  touch  with  them  even 
though  it  isn't  personally. 

At  the  present  time  I'm  employed  as  an  industrial  nurse  for  Chevrolet 
in  the  Forge  Division  here  in  Detroit.  The  work  is  very  interesting  and 
quite  a  challenge,  sometimes,  I  might  add.  One  very  nice  thing  concerning 
the  salary  is  the  fact  that  we  receive  the  same  benefits  as  the  other  plant 
employees  in  regard  to  overtime  pay.  For  all  hours  over  forty  per  week 
we  receive  time  and  one-half  and  for  all  Sunday  work  we  receive  double 
time.  Wouldn't  it  be  nice  if  all  nurses  could  receive  this  for  their  overtime! 

Our  staff  in  the  "hospitals"  here  in  the  plant  consists  of  a  full-time 
doctor,  eleven  first-aid  men,  and  ten  nurses.  As  each  of  the  first-aid  men 
leave  or  retire  they  are  replaced  with  nurses.  Gradually  we  will  be  staffed 
by  all  nurses. 

I'm  looking  forward  to  the  banquet  and  dance  very  much  this  year  and 
have  arranged  to  take  my  vacation  at  that  time  so  I  can  be  there. 


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Nellie  Carter — Class  of  1906 

203  Colonial  Court,  Lynchburg,  Virginia 

Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

Of  course  I  don't  want  to  miss  the  1953  Nurses'  Alumnae  Bulletin.  .  .  . 
Miss  Flanagan  was  my  superintendent  for  two  years.  She  was  A-Number- 
One,  and  I  shall  ever  remain  grateful  for  her  fine  discipline.  Due  to  im- 
paired health  I  have  been  unable  to  engage  in  the  practice  of  nursing  for 
many  years.  I  have  recently  been  in  the  hospital  for  an  operation,  number 
six,  for  active  thyroid.  I  am  seventy-four  years  young.  I  do  wish  I  had  some 
news  of  others  in  my  class  to  give  you. 


Evelyn  E.  Fowler  (nee  Evelyn  Eselhorst) — Class  of  1943 
125  Main  Street,  Spencer,  Massachusetts 
Dear  Mrs.  Horine: 

Every  year  when  this  book  arrives  I  can't  help  but  think  back  to  my 
student  days.  I  could  have  worked  just  a  little  more  and  played  a  little  less, 
but  even  so,  the  years  between  1940  and  1943  were  wonderful  ones.  I  have 
never  regretted  relinquishing  my  career  after  my  husband  returned  from 
overseas  (he  is  a  graduate  of  Medicine,  1943)  for  motherhood  and  the  wife 
of  a  busy  general  practitioner.  Spencer,  Massachusetts,  has  been  good  to  us 
in  every  way  and  we  are  all  truly  happy;  a  state  of  mind  which  is  too 
seldom  achieved  these  days.  I  have  a  son,  Richard  L.,  Jr.,  who  is  seven  and 
a  slightly  older  edition  of  Dennis  the  Menace  and  a  daughter,  Robin  L., 
four-and-a-half,  who  is  the  female  counterpart  of  Dennis.  ...  I  must  thank 
Dr.  Horine  for  teaching  me  something  which  I  had  reason  to  doubt  in 
1940  to  1943 — that  most  doctors  are  really  human.  The  very  first  time  I 
scrubbed  in  the  Operating  Room  was  for  an  appendectomy  which  he  per- 
formed and  I've  never  since  forgotten  his  patience  with  me  then  and  other 
times  later. 


Helen  M.  Goody 
Quantico,   Maryland 
Dear  Blanche: 

At  long  last  I've  been  out  to  Deerhead  Hospital  to  see  Mrs.  Emma  Stow, 
Class  of  1894.  Wish  you  could  have  seen  her  face  when  I  told  her  I  was  a 
Maryland  University  graduate  also.  She  held  my  hand  tight  the  whole  time 
and  begged  me  to  come  again.  I  think  she's  very  lonely  for  family  and 
friends — someone  to  visit  her.  Just  another  case  of  out-living  one's  family 
and  friends.  From  what  I  gathered  she  has  no  family. . . . 

Maybe  I  told  you  that  our  club  was  asked  for  volunteers  to  go  to  Deer- 
head  to  read  to  some  of  the  patients,  help  others  in  some  sewing  or  some 
kind  of  handwork.  But  of  course  to  do  that  you  have  to  have  a  car  and 
drive,  and  for  that  reason  I  can't  do  any  of  it.  .  .  . 


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Mrs.  Jesse  S.  Staton  (nee  Gertrude  Marie  Davis) — Class  of  1945 
Moreheacl  City,  North  Carolina 

Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

I'm  afraid  I  have  no  news  to  add.  My  husband  is  Director  of  Religious 
Education  at  the  First  Methodist  Church  in  this  city.  He  will  enter  The- 
ology School  at  Duke  University  in  September. 

I  am  a  housewife  and  mother  and  can  find  no  time  to  nurse.  We  have 
one  boy  and  two  girls — Cloman  is  six  years,  Carolyn  two  years,  and  Rebecca 
four  months. 


LaRue  Keeney  Baker  (nee  LaRue  Keeney) — Class  of  1947 
c/o  Capt.  Frank  Baker  (AO  2240719),  500  5th  AF  Hospital 
APO  942-1,  c/o  PM  Seattle,  Washington 

Dear  Mrs.  Arnurius: 

We  are  now  stationed  at  Elmendorf  Air  Force  Base  where  my  husband 
is  a  doctor  attached  to  the  Air  Force.  We  are  located  just  outside  of  Anchor- 
age, Alaska,  and  we  find  life  here  very  interesting.  Our  best  to  all  of  you. 


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MARRIAGES 

Mrs.  Henry  Hoenes,  nee  Grace  Elgin,  Class  of  1921,  to  Mr.  Edgar  Hart- 
ley, on  April  15,  1954. 

Bernice  Elizabeth  Brittain,  Class  of  1930,  to  Mr.  Samuel  Sprigg  Reeves, 
Jr.,  on  May  26,  1954. 

Dorothy  Jean  Nelson,  Class  1944,  to  Mr.  James  Gregory  Disharoon,  on 
November  7,  1953. 

Ann  Love,  Class  1944,  to  Mr.  Dawson  Murphy. 

Mary  Delaney,  Class  1947,  to  Mr.  Thomas  Strain,  on  January  9,  1954. 

Eugenia  M.  Crow,  Class  of  1947,  to  Dr.  William  Sites  Kiser,  on  May  1, 
1954. 

Laura  Jane  Kirkwood,  Class   1950,  to   Mr.  John   Franklin   Morone,   on 
May  1,  1954. 

Mary  Poupalos,  Class  1950,  to  Mr.  John  Bures,  on  June  15,  1954. 

Lila  M.  Johnson,  Class  1950,  to  Mr.  Harry  E.  Buckheister,  Jr.,  on  August 
14,  1954. 

Norma  Marilyn  Miller,  Class  1951,  to  Mr.  Malcolm  Davis  Voelcker,  on 
May  1,  1954. 

Ellen  Ann  Peregoy,  Class  1951,  to  Mr.  Paul  F.  Blackadar,  on  February 
6,  1954. 

Dorcas  Ann  McLaughlin,  Class  1952,  to  Pfc.  Turner  Wilson  Edge,  on 
January  16,  1954. 

Patricia  Wheeler,  Class  1952,  to  Mr.  Charles  B.  Gluye,  on  July  25,  1953. 

Faye  L.  Renninger,  Class  1953,  to  Mr.  Wayne  Reber,  Jr.,  on  January  31, 
1954. 

Ivery  Claire  Reiter,  Class  1952,  to  Dr.  Milledge  Glenn  Smith,  on  June  17, 
1954. 

Esther  Jeanne  Watkins,  Class  1953,  to  Dr.  David  Hales  Patten,  on  May 
22nd,  1954. 

Dorothea  A.  Fenwick,  Class   1953,  to  Mr.  Monroe  Eilers  Fraleig;h,  on 
April  23,  1953. 

Carolyn   O'Neil   Lewis,   Class    1953,   to   Dr.    Joseph    B.    Bronushas,    on 
October  16,  1954. 

Charlotte  Ariel  Hager,  Class  1953,  to  Mr.  Richard  Lee  Morgan,  on  June 
26,  1954. 

Mary  L.  Muir,  Class  1953,  to  Mr.  Charles  Dilzer,  on  June  12,  1954. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  63 

Marie  Doris  Bowling,  Class  1954,  to  Mr.  Leonard  N.  Wiles,  on  September 
12,  1954. 

Pamela  Stoddard  Fleming,  Class  1954,  to  Mr.  Daniel  Fulper  Johnston, 
on  August  21,  1954. 

Barbara  Eileen  Burchett,  Class  1954,  to  Mr.  Barry  D.  Murphy,  on  July 
27,  1954. 

Gloria  Teagarden,  Class  1954,  to  Mr.  John  Joseph  McLearn,  on  Septem- 
ber 4,  1954. 

Nancy  Jane  Ricks,  Class  1954,  to  Mr.  John  R.  Rickes,  on  September  25, 
1954. 

Ella  Startte  Elbourne,  Class  1954,  to  Mr.  Homer  Lawrence,  on  September 
17,  1954. 

Emily  Webster  Fitzgerald,  Class  1954,  to  Mr.  Clarence  Edward  Pusey, 
Jr.,  in  October,  1954. 


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BIRTHS 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tyron  Power,  a  son,  Thomas  W.,  on  August  28,  1953. 
Mrs.  Power  was  Helen  Chelluck,  Class  1935. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  A.  Cockey,  III,  a  son,  William  David,  on 
May  14,  1954.  Mrs.  Cockey  was  Sara  Jane  Mays,  Class  1938. 

To  Major  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Flager,  a  daughter,  Nancy  Elsie,  born 
in  August,  1954,  in  Heidelberg,  Germany.  (This  makes  two  daughters 
and  two  sons  in  this  family.)  Mrs.  Flager  was  Ingrid  E.  Selkamaa,  Class 
1938. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Fisher,  Jr.,  a  daughter,  Jane  Scharf,  on  February 
13,  1954;  this  is  the  fourth  daughter.  Mrs.  Fisher  was  Nellie  Scharf, 
Class  1940. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James  Henry  Shell,  a  daughter,  Nancy  Lee,  on  May 
28,  1954.   Mrs.  Shell  was  Ruth  Elizabeth  Forsythe,  Class  1943. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  H.  Miller,  a  son,  on  September  25,  1954. 
Mrs.  Miller  was  Amy  Lee  De  Shane,  Class  1943. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grady  Clarence  Luffman,  a  son,  Grady  Clarence,  Jr., 
on  May  31,  1954.   Mrs.  Luffman  was  Mary  Jane  Pennewell,  Class  1945. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  R.  Johnson,  a  daughter,  Mary  Louise,  on 
January  25,  1954.  Mrs.  Johnson  was  Carolyn  Jean  Ward,  Class  1945. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bert  Sharp,  a  daughter,  Diane  Kay,  on  November  29, 

1953.  Mrs.  Sharp  was  Clara  H.  Frasco,  Class  1945. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Behlke,  a  son,  William  W.,  on  January  7, 

1954.  Mrs.  Behlke  was  Ellen  Louise  Collison,  Class  1945. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Polite,  their  third  child,  Kerry  Kurz,  born 
on  October  11,  1953.  Mrs.  Polite  was  Barbara  Kurz,  Class  1945. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Homer  J.  Gerken,  a  son,  John  Logan,  on  June  25, 
1954.   Mrs.  Gerken  was  Anna  Ruth  Logan,  Class  1946. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Ireland,  a  daughter,  Leslie  Ann,  on  July  19, 
1954.   Mrs.  Ireland  was  Mary  Elizabeth  Klevisher,  Class  1946. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Wells,  a  son,  Paul  Wilson,  on  July  25,  1954. 
Mrs.  Wells  was  Elinor  Wilson,  Class  1946. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Duvall,  a  son,  Robert  Brien,  on  July  29,  1952, 
and  a  son,  on  August  3,  1954.  They  have  two  boys  and  one  girl.  Mrs. 
Duvall  was  Dorothy  Simpson,  Class  1946. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  65 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Millar,  Jr.,  a  daughter,  Gale  Scott,  on  September 
23,  1954.  Mrs.  Millar  was  Ellen  Baggett,  Class  1947. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  Stephan,  a  girl,  Barbara  Ann,  on  August  31, 
1954.   Mrs.  Stephan  was  Dorothy  Kidd,  Class  1947. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  W.  McCarley,  Jr.,  a  son,  John  Wallace,  III,  on 
July  22,  1954.  Mrs.  McCarley  was  Betty  Jane  Thompson,  Class  1947. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond  F.  Pulaski,  a  son,  Raymond  Francis,  on 
August  1,  1954.  Mrs.  Pulaski  was  Betty  Jane  Roughton,  Class  1947. 

To  Captain  and  Mrs.  William  Kaufman,  a  son,  Thomas  William,  on 
April  2,  1954.  Mrs.  Kaufman  was  Margaret  O.  Stein,  Class  1947.  Thomas 
William  was  born  in  the  Tokyo  Army  Hospital,  Tokyo,  Japan. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  W.  Weikert,  a  son,  Jefferey  Martin,  on  July  22, 
1953.  Mrs.  Weikert  was  Eleanor  Wright,  Class  1947. 

To  Captain  and  Mrs.  Nicholas  Mallis,  a  son,  Steven  Michael,  on  Decem- 
ber 15,  1953.   (In  France.)    Mrs.  Mallis  was  Jean  Nilsson,  Class  1947. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  S.  Ferguson,  Jr.,  a  son,  Stephen  Lee,  on  July 
21,  1953.   Mrs.  Ferguson  was  Hazel  Phyllis  Elliott,  Class  1947. 

To  Captain  and  Mrs.  Vannah  E.  Van  Horn,  Jr.,  a  daughter,  Debra  Ann, 
on  August  13,  1954.  Mrs.  Van  Horn  was  Frances  Hicks,  Class  1947. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  John  E.  Goeckler,  a  daughter,  on  October  28,  1953. 
Another  daughter,  born  on  November  13,  1952,  in  Germany.  Mrs.  Goeckler 
was  Harriet  Smith,  Class  1947. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  J.  Donnelly,  a  daughter,  Martha  Ellen,  on  August 
7,  1954.  Mrs.  Donnelly  was  Jean  Warfield,  Class  1948. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Kenneth  Pettit,  a  daughter,  on  May  26,  1954. 
Mrs.  Pettit  was  Phyllis  King,  Class  1948. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Chrissinger,  a  son,  John  Kenneth,  on  March 
7,  1954.  Mrs.  Chrissinger  was  Ellen  Mae  Tschantre,  Class  1948. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marvin  Peck,  a  son,  Lawrence  John,  on  June  21,  1953. 
(This  is  a  second  son  for  the  Pecks.)    Mrs.  Peck  was  Eleanor  Gorke,  Class 

1948. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  Berler,  a  son,  Mark  Henry,  on  December  16, 
1953.  Mrs.  Berler  was  Harriet  Roslyn  Pollack,  Class  1948. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Klag,  a  daughter,  Martha  Cecilia,  on  May  2, 
1951.  Mrs.  Klag  was  Joan  Cowles,  Class  1948.  The  Klags  have  a  son, 
Louis,  Jr.,  six  years  old. 


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To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  R.  James  Vassar,  a  son,  William,  in  August,  1954.  Mrs. 
Vassar  was  Lois  B.  Henderson,  Class  1949. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Bagley,  III,  a  son,  John,  on  April  24,  1954.  Mrs. 
Bagley  was  Marjorie  Stewart,  Class  1949. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  C.  Wroe,  a  son,  on  August  3,  1954.  Mrs.  Wroe 
was  Edith  Ellen  Viereck,  Class  1950. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Baily,  a  daughter,  Barbara  Lynn,  on  August  9, 
1954.   Mrs.  Baily  was  Ruth  Hutchinson,  Class  1950. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  A.  Miller,  a  son,  Jay  A.,  on  March  15,  1954. 
The  Millers  have  another  son,  Garry  E.,  two  years  old.  Mrs.  Miller  was 
Jacqueline  Loar,  Class  1950. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tilghman  L.  German,  a  daughter,  Leslie  Ann,  on  April 
16,  1954.   Mrs.  German  was  Doris  Elizabeth  Hicks,  Class  1950. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  J.  McDonough,  Jr.,  a  daughter,  Virginia 
Lucille,  on  December  22,  1953.  Mrs.  McDonough  was  Mary  Alice  Dowe, 
Class  1950. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond  L.  Clemmens,  a  daughter,  Jean  Kathryn, 
on  April  12,  1954.  Mrs.  Clemmens  was  Jane  Kathryn  Blunt,  Class  1950. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  D.  McCoy,  a  son,  Donald  Wilson,  on  October 
6,  1954.  Mrs.  McCoy  was  Joanne  Wilson,  Class  1951. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  R.  Barrows,  a  daughter,  Patricia  Cary,  born  in 
March,  1954.  Mrs.  Barrows  was  Mrs.  Cary  Bruton  McCurdy,  Class  1951. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  F.  Furst,  a  daughter,  Deborah  Lynn,  on  April  29, 
1954.   Mrs.  Furst  was  Roberta  Evelyn  Wortman,  Class  1951. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milton  P.  Miecznikoski,  a  daughter,  Regina  Patricia, 
on  February  3,  1954.  Mrs.  Miecznikoski  graduated  in  1951.  (Estelle  Jeanne 
Hook.) 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  R.  Schmidt,  a  son,  John  Calvin,  on  March  22, 
1954.    Mrs.  Schmidt  was  Dorothy  Eleanor  Hucksoll,  Class  1951. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  C.  McHenry,  a  son,  Robert  C,  Jr.,  on  April 
1,  1954.   Mrs.  McHenry  was  Pamela  Watson,  Class  1952. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Kline,  Jr.,  a  daughter,  Denise  Carol,  in  April, 
1953.   Mrs.  Kline  was  Janet  Eyster,  Class  1952. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  T.  Gibson,  a  son,  Kurt  Kyler,  on  July  23,  1954. 
Mrs.  Gibson  was  Joretta  Ann  Snowberger,  Class  1952. 


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To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B.  Walker,  a  daughter,  Margaret  Ann,  on  Jan- 
uary 12,  1954.   Mrs.  Walker  was  Catherine  Claire  Nonamaker,  Class  1952. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Ira  Leon  McGill,  a  daughter,  Deanna  Lynn,  on  July 
9,  1954.   Mrs.  McGill  was  Nina  Maureen  Dellinger,  Class  1952. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leroy  Erling  Esiason,  a  daughter,  Karen  Ingrid,  on  June 
13,  1954.   Mrs.  Esiason  was  Ellen  Louise  White,  Class  1952. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry   S.  Davis,  twin   sons,   James  Erie  and   Noah 
Edward,  on  July  25,  1954.  Mrs.  Davis  was  Barbara  Ann  Riecks,  Class  1952. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Gluys,  a  son,  Gary  William,  on  October  1, 
1954.  Mrs.  Gluys  was  Patricia  Wheeler,  Class  1952. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Davis,  a  daughter,  Nina  Lynn,  on  September  3,  1954. 
Mrs.  Davis  was  Janet  G.  Douglas,  Class  1953. 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  L.  C.  Richmond,  Jr.,  a  son,  Lewis  Cass,  on  January  29, 
1954.   Mrs.  Richmond,  nee  McBride,  graduated  in  1953. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Diederichs,  a  daughter,  Heidi  Ann,  on  March 

20,  1954.   Mrs.  Diederichs  was  Elsie  Ardeth  Loughlin,  Class  1953. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Monroe  Eilers  Fraleigh,  a  son,  Peter  Eilers,  on  August 

21,  1954.  Mrs.  Fraleigh  was  Dorothea  A.  Fenwick,  Class  1953. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  D.  Andrews,  a  daughter,  Kathy  Lou,  on  Septem- 
ber 22,  1954.  Mrs.  Anderson  was  Patricia  Leffel,  Class  1954. 


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Jlecrolosp 


Brown,  Margaret  Symington 
Class  1899,  on  April  14,  1954 

Walton,  Nancy  Lane  (Mrs.  Morden  Rigg) 
Class  1904,  in  June,  1953 

GUERRANT,   E.   JANIE 

Class  1904,  in  August,  1953 

Cowling,  Margaret  Brand 
Class  1905,  in  1953 

Haydon,  Jane  T. 
Class  1907,  on  April  28,  1953 

Chapline,  Eva  Sidney 
Class  1909,  on  August  20,  1954 

Wise,  Helen  Van  Devanter 
Class  1902,  on  November  16,  1954 

Miss  Wise  was  Superintendent  of  Nurses  at  the  University  Hospital, 
and  also  held  the  same  position  at  the  Peninsula  General  Hospital  in 
Salisbury,  for   19  years.  Miss  Wise  was  a  native  of  Leesburg,  Va. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  69 

REGULATION  UNIFORM  FOR  GRADUATE  NURSES  OF 
THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND 


Uniform 

Plain  white  material. 

Waist:  Perfectly  plain;  box  pleat  2  inches  wide. 

Pocket:  3!/2  x3J/2  inches. 

Belt:  Of  uniform  material,  2  inches  wide,  to  fasten  with  button  instead 
of  buckle. 

Sleeves:  Long  or  elbow  length. 

Long  Sleeve  Cuffs:  2l/2  inches  wide,  round  corners,  fasten  with  buttons. 
Short  sleeve  cuffs  fasten  with  white  cuff  links. 

Skirt:  Perfectly  plain,  5  or  6  gores;  plain  back  with  seam  down  center  or 
with  a  very  few  gathers — either  may  be  worn. 

Length:  Optional. 

Hem:  3  inches.   Plackets  in  front  with  3  buttons;  placket  wider  at  bottom 
than  top. 

Buttons:  The  uniform  button  is  the  pearl  button  with  fisheye;  all  buttons 
same  size  except  small  sleeve  placket  buttons. 

Collars:    Bishop   or   Tress — Red   Cross   style   to   meet — plain   bar   pin   or 
Alumnae  pin  to  be  worn  at  collar. 

4  Buttons  on  waist  of  uniform.   1  Button  on  belt. 


Apron 

Gores:  Three. 

Hem:  Four  inches. 

Belt:  Two  inches. 

Length:  Even  with  uniform  skirt. 

Bib:  Just  even  with  shoulder — fasten  with  two  buttons. 

Cuffs:  Separate  cuffs  to  be  worn  with  apron  only.   Cuflfs  2>Vz  inches  wide, 
two  rows  hemstitching;   V^-hrch  space  between  hemstitching. 

Graduates  of  the  University  of  Maryland  School  of  Nursing  will  always 
appear  in  uniform  made  by  these  directions. 

The  uniform,  or  any  part  of  the  uniform,  is  not  to  be  worn  except  when 
the  nurse  is  on  duty.   This  applies  particularly  to  streets  and  public  places. 


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CAPS  AND   CAP  SERVICE 

Miss  Goldie  E.  Frazee 

Tudor  Arms  Apts.,  G-l 

501  W.  University  Parkway 

BElmont  5-0400  Baltimore  10,  Md. 

Delivery  service  to  Nurses'  Home  first  Monday  of  each  month,  between 
2:30  and  3:30  p.m. 

Charges: 

New  Point  d'Esprit  Caps  (including  laundering) $5.00 

New   Crowns    .50 

Laundering  Caps   1.00 

Caps  mailed  in  the  city,  twenty-five  cents  extra. 
Caps  mailed  out  of  city,  fifty  cents  extra. 

All  caps,  laundered  or  new,  must  be  paid  for  in  advance. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  71 

REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  NURSES  DIRECTORY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Nurses  Alumnae  Association 
of  The  University  of  Maryland 

The  Directory  is  open  for  calls  by  telephone  any  hour,  Day  and  Night 
except  Fridays  from  1  p.m.-5  p.m.  and  Sundays  from  10  a.m.-l  p.m.  Tele- 
phone BElmont  5-8491. 

REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  DIRECTORY  OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY  HOSPITAL 

(Revised  1954) 

Management 
This  directory  shall  be  managed  by  a  Directory  Committee  composed  of 
a  Chairman  and  four  members  of  the  Alumnae  Association,  to  be  elected 
every  year  at  the  Annual  Meeting.    This  Committee  must  give  a  monthly 
report  to  the  Alumnae  Association. 

Registrar 

The  Registrar  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Alumnae  Association. 

Requirements  for  Membership  on  the  Directory 
Members  of  the  Directory  must  be  registered  nurses  of  Maryland  and 
members  of  the  Nurses  Alumnae  Association  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  the  Alumnae  Association,  a  graduate  of  the 
University  may  join  the  Registry  under  these  conditions. 

1.  Applications  must  be  filed  with  the  State  Board  of  Examiners  for  the 
next  examination. 

2.  Failure  of  two  successive  State  Board  Examinations  automatically  drops 
applicant  from  Registry  unless  she  has  proof  that  she  was  ill  at  the  time  of 
examination. 

3.  In  order  to  go  on  the  Registry,  graduate  must  apply  in  person  to 
the  Registrar  with  her  certificate  of  nursing  from  the  State  Board  Examiner 
of  Nurses.  If  she  has  failed  first  State  Board  Examination,  she  must  apply 
for  next  examination,  and  receive  her  second  certificate  of  nursing. 

Dues 

All  members  of  the  Directory  shall  pay  the  annual  dues  of  $22.50  except 
those  nurses  registering  after  July  1,  who  shall  pay  $11.25.  If  the  whole 
fee  is  paid  in  January,  and  only  Y2  year  is  worked,  there  will  be  no  refunds. 

Exceptional  cases  are  to  be  referred  to  the  Directory  Committee. 

Fiscal  year  begins  January  1.  Members  are  to  be  taken  off  Directory  for 
non-payment  of  dues  at  end  of  90  days  and  to  be  notified  of  this  by  Chair- 


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man  of  Committee.  Members  are  reinstated  upon  payment  of  dues.  In 
case  of  sickness  or  other  circumstances,  time  of  payment  may  be  extended 
at  the  discretion  of  Directory  Committee. 

Rules 

1.  Graduates  are  permitted  to  register  for  or  against  any  kind  of  case  or 
hospital  or  duty  desired. 

2.  Graduates  of  less  than  2  years  are  allowed  to  register  against  contagious, 
mental  or  obstetrical  cases  only. 

3.  Members  "when  on  the  list"  and  given  call  for  cases  not  registered 
against  are  expected  to  respond  or  go  to  the  bottom  of  the  list. 

4.  Nurses  when  on  call  are  expected  to  keep  in  close  touch  with  the 
Registrar. 

5.  If  a  member  wishes  to  resign  from  the  Directory,  she  should  do  so  in 
writing  to  the  treasurer.  She  may  then  be  reinstated  at  any  time.  Any 
nurse  who  does  not  send  in  written  resignation  can  be  reinstated  only  on 
payment  of  all  back  dues. 

6.  In  case  of  contagion,  the  nurse  shall  be  governed  by  rules  of  the  Health 
Department. 

7.  Any  complaints  either  from  Directory  members  or  concerning  them 
may  be  made  to  Chairman  of  Committee  or  to  Alumnae  Association  at 
regular  meeting. 

8.  Nurses  fees  are  approved  by  the  Alumnae  Association. 

$14.00  per  day  for  8  hour  duty. 

$21.00  per  day  for  12  hour  duty. 

$30.00  per  day  for  20  hour  duty. 

$21.00  per  day  for  8  hour  duty  (2  pvt.  pts.) 

$31.50  per  day  for  12  hour  duty  (2  pvt.  pts.) 

At  the  University  Hospital  a  nurse  may  be  called,  for  her  first  day  on  a 
case,  to  report  for  duty  not  more  than  four  hours  preceding  a  regular 
period  and  asked  to  remain  through  the  regular  period  for  which  she 
receives  $1.75  per  hour  up  to  the  time  of  regular  period  and  $14.00  for 
regular  period. 

If  the  request  for  a  nurse  should  be  cancelled  after  her  arrival  at  her  place 
of  duty,  she  is  expected  to  receive  salary  for  one  day's  work. 

When  nursing  in  hospitals,  a  nurse's  fee  is  regulated  by  rules  of  the 
hospital  in  which  she  is  working. 

9.  Members  may  be  denied  use  of  the  Directory  at  any  time  for  not 
observing  rules  of  same. 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND  73 

TREASURER'S  REPORT  NURSES'  ALUMNAE  ASSOCIATION 

ANNUAL  REPORT  1954 

General  Fund — Western  National  Bank 

Balance  on  hand  December  31st,  1953 $1,783.77 

Receipts: 

Dues    $1,991.50 

Tax  allowable  on  Miss  Lackland's  gift  ....  .60 

Bulletin    906.00 

Directory   1,495.02 

Check  returned   25.00 

Error  in  check   .02 

1953  Scholarship  Benefit  additional  10.00 

Plate  sale  32.50 

Refund  on  flowers   1.03 

From  Louisa  Parson's  Fund   150.00 

Overpaid  dues    5.00 

Banquet  1,095.00 

For  Student's  Scholarship  Fund  10.00 

1954  Benefit  for  Scholarship  Fund 686.66 

Donation  Scholarship  Fund    1.02 

From  Sick  Benefit  Fund  for  Benefits  paid 

1954    92.00 

$6,501.35  $8,285.12 

Disbursements: 

Directory  $1,299.71 

Treasurer's  expenses   55.62 

Flowers    44.16 

Postage    157.19 

Corporation   seal    9.18 

Refreshments  for  meetings    60.12 

Repairing  typewriters   45.30 

Transferred    to    Scholarship    Fund     1953 

Benefit   22.00 

Addressing  1953  envelopes  and  cards   ....  8.00 

Bulletin      1,699.54 

Addressograph   26.36 

Safe  deposit  box  rental  3.60 

Dues  refunded   5.00 

Printing  89.89 

Gifts  to  ill  nurses  at  Easter  50.00 

Gift  to  retiring  Registrar  25.00 

Delegate  to  Convention   50.00 

CARE  Book  Program  for  Nurses  15.00 

Checks  returned  insufficient  funds 37.50 

Banquet  expenses    1,388.29 

Scholarship   award    50.00 


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Transferred  to  Scholarship  Fund  300.00 

Transferred  to  Nurses'  School  Scholarship 

Fund    10.00 

Library    School   Nursing   as   requested    in 

Miss  Lackland's  Will   90.30 

Addressing  cards  for  meetings  24.00 

Obituary  notice    5.25 

Sick  benefits  paid  1954   92.00 

Advertising  Student  Nurses'  Year  Book  .  .  35.00 

Edwards  China  Co 143.10 

Freight  on  ash  trays  2.41 

President's  expenses    2.25 

Expenses  for  Scholarship  Benefit  386.72 

Gifts  to  ill  nurses  at  Christmas 110.00 

Transferred    to    Scholarship    Fund    from 

Benefit   330.68 

Transferred  to  Druid  Hill  Federal  Build- 
ing and  Loan  from  General  Fund  for 

interest  1,000.00 

$7,673.17 

Balance  on  hand  December  31st,  1954  $      11.95 

Sick  Benefit  Fund — Eutaw  Savings  Bank 

Balance  on  hand  December  31st,  1953  $2,538.39 

Receipts: 

Dues     $    269.50 

Interest    66.67 

$   336.17  $2,874.56 

Disbursements: 

Sick  Benefits  paid   92.00 

Balance  on  hand  December  31st,  1954 $2,782.56 

Endowment  and  Loan  Fund — Eutaw  Savings  Bank 

Balance  on  hand  December  31st,  1953   $1,464.14 

Receipts: 
Interest     36.75 

Balance  in  Eutaw  Savings  Bank $1,500.89 

Druid  Hill  Building  and  Loan 

U.  S.  Savings  Bond  redeemed $  1,000.00 

Dividend   29.35 

$1,029.35 

Total  in  Fund   $2,530.24 

Scholarship  Fund: 

Balance  on  hand  in  The  Eutaw  Savings  Bank,  December  31st, 

1953    $6,011.82 

Receipts: 

From  1953  Benefit   $     22.00 

Interest 132.44 

$6,166.26 


university  of  maryland  75 

Druid  Hill  Building  and  Loan: 

Transferred  from  General  Fund $    300.00 

1954  Benefit  Receipts  330.68 

Dividend   5.25 

$     635.93 

Total  in  Fund $  6,802.19 

Total  in  all  Funds  $13,726.94 

U.  S.  Government  Bonds: 

Sick  Benefit  Fund  due  1955  $  2,000.00 

Sick  Benefit  Fund  due  1956  2,000.00 

Sick  Benefit  Fund  due  1959  1,000.00 

Scholarship  Fund  due  1956 1,000.00 

Total  Bonds   6,500.00 

Total  Funds  13,726.94 

$20,226.94 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Blanche  M.  Horine 

DIRECTORY  REPORT  1954 
Receipts: 

Dues     $1,495.02 

Disbursements: 

Telephone   $    249.79 

Registrar's  Salary 763.20 

Taxes   170.20 

Printing  rules  26.52 

Vacation  relief   40.00 

Treasurer's  expenses   50.00 

1,299.71 

Profit    $    185.31 


GIFTS,  MEMORIALS  AND  LEGACIES  TO 

The  Sick  Benefit  Fund 

The  Scholarship  Fund 

The  Endowment  and  Loan  Fund 
Please  send  gifts  in  care  of  Blanche  Martin  Horine,  Treasurer,  Box  2, 
University  Hospital,  who  will  see  that  they  are  transmitted  to  the  proper 
fund  and  acknowledged  through  the  Secretary. 


FORM   OF    BEQUEST 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the      


the  sum  of dollars. 


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HONORARY  MEMBERS 

Honorary  Member 
Miss  Lucy  Ann  Marshall 1922 

Life  Member 
*Miss  Mary  E.  Rolph,  Class  1895;  Died  August  23,  1948 

Honorary  Member 
*Miss  Nannie  J.  Lackland,  Class  1898;  Died  September  3,  1953 

Honorary  Member 
*Miss  Blenda  Rossell,  Class  1898;  Died  August  17,  1948 

Honorary  Member 
Mrs.  John  L.  Whitehurst 

Life  Member  (Paid) 

Mrs.  Lena  McDaniel,  Class  1918 1941 

Mrs.  Charles  Rausenbach,  Class  1918 1941 

Life  Member 
Miss  Helen  Van  Devanter  Wise,  Class  1902 

Life  Member 
Miss  Mary  Ellen  Sullivan,  Class  1911 

Honorary  Member 

Miss  Elizabeth  Aitkenhead 

1001  St.  Paul  Street,  Apt.  2B,  Baltimore  2,  Md. 

Honorary  Member 
Dean  Florence  Gipe 


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GRADUATES  OF   1954 


Anderson,  Nancy  Patricia 
9514  Ocala  Street 
Silver  Spring,  Maryland 

Anderson,  Patricia  Lee  Leflfel 
R.F.D.  2 
White  Hall,  Maryland 

Austin,  Carol  Boehm 
1913  E.  30th  Street 
Baltimore  18,  Maryland 

Bowling,  Doris  Marie 
2615  E.  Fayette  Street 
Baltimore  24,  Maryland 

Crawford,  Georgia  Etta 
309  Burke  Avenue 
Towson  4,  Maryland 

Crist,  Patricia  Mae 
1720  Arbutus  Avenue 
Halethorpe  27,  Maryland 

Dorfler,  Betty  Ann 
504  Evesham  Avenue 
Baltimore,  Maryland 

Elbourne,  Ella  Startte 
Gratitude  Lane 
Rock  Hall,  Maryland 

Elgin,  Barbara  Ann  Yates 
925  St.  Paul  Street 
Baltimore  2,  Maryland 

Franklin,  Virginia  Lee 
Box  95,  R.D.  1 
Severna  Park,  Maryland 

Hauver,  Bertha  Jean 
Thurmont,  Maryland 

Herring,  Barbara  Ann  Carter 
809  Woodington  Road 
Baltimore  29,  Maryland 

Hewell,  Muriel  Gwendolyn 
437  Lorraine  Avenue 
Baltimore  18,  Maryland 


Hibberd,  Charlene  Raye 
6114  62nd  Place 
Riverdale,  Maryland 

Hines,  Marie  Rose 

Lumberport,  West  Virginia 

Johns,  Shirley  Marie 
7301  23rd  Avenue 
Hyattsville,  Maryland 

Johnston,  Pamela  Stoddard  Fleming 
7301  Dun  wall  Court 
Baltimore  22,  Maryland 

Jones,  Shirley  Mae 

Rocky  Ridge,  Maryland 

Kernan,  Stella 
238  Putman  Lane 
Weirton,  West  Virginia 

Lees,  Naomi  Jacquelin  Snyder 
3405  Ravenwood  Avenue 
Baltimore  13,  Maryland 

LeFever,  Joyce  Christine 
716  Summit  Avenue 
Hagerstown,  Maryland 

Lewis,  Elaine  Loree 
55  Alder  Street 
Oakland,  Maryland 

MacKenzie,  Mildred  Merlene 
7807  Chestnut  Avenue 
Baltimore  14,  Maryland 

Teagarden,  Gloria  Alice 
McLaren,  Mrs.  John  J. 
368  Longwood  Avenue 
Apartment  31 
Boston,  Massachusetts 

McLay,  Hazel  Dorothy 
96  N.  Main  Street 
Port  Deposit,  Maryland 

Marshall,  Mary  Helen 
3204  Montebello  Terrace 
Baltimore,  Maryland 


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Parks,  Faye  Anita  Elsie 
528  George  Street 
Hagerstown,  Maryland 

Fitzgerald,  Emily  Webster 

Pusey,  Mrs.  Clarence  Edward,  Jr. 
2830  Overland  Avenue 
Baltimore  14,  Maryland 

Reid,  Marlene  Barnes 
214  Talbot  Street 
Easton,  Maryland 

Reinhart,  Catherine  Louise 
9918  Sutherland  Road 
Silver  Spring,  Maryland 

Richardson,  Margaret  Ann 
1208  Fourth  Road 
Baltimore  20,  Maryland 

Ricks,  Nancy  Jane 
3736  Elm  Avenue 
Baltimore  11,  Maryland 

Ritter,  Joan  Carolyn 
9515  Gwyndale  Drive 
Silver  Spring,  Maryland 

Ritzman,  Joan  Verna 
6804  Highview  Avenue 
Baltimore  6,  Maryland 

Robertson,  Gwendolyn  Elaine 
6  Chatham  Avenue 
Ellicott  City,  Maryland 

Robinson,  Katherine  Imogene 
5228  8th  Street,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Shubkagel,  Betty  Lou 
427  Cleveland  Road 
Linthicum  Heights,  Maryland 


Strack,  Ruby  Mae  Sterling 
1108  Orren  Street,  N.E. 
Washington  2,  D.  C. 

Swint,  Katherine  Virginia 
3921  Kimble  Road 
Baltimore  16,  Maryland 

Thompson,  Mary  Lee 
701  Newington  Avenue 
Baltimore  17,  Maryland 

Weller,  Jean  Estelle 
606  Second 
Pocomoke,  Maryland 

Willson,  Alta  Fay 

c/o  Lt.  Col.  Virgil  A.  Willson 
227  Sand  Street  (WHP) 
Fort  Bragg,  North  Carolina 

Wilson,  Mildred  Margaret 
1110  Haverhill  Road 
Baltimore  29,  Maryland 

Widman,  Elaine  G. 
206  Morre  Street 
Princeton,  New  Jersey 

Wijangco,  Demetria 

620  West  Lombard  Street 
Baltimore  1,  Maryland 
Calulut,  San  Fernando,  Pampanga 
Philippine  Islands 

Wolfe,  Patricia  Ann 

1201  N.  Powhatan  Street 
Arlington,  Virginia 

Yingling,  Catherine  Belle 
Union  Bridge,  Maryland 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  79 


THE  JOHN  D.  LUCAS  PRINTING  COMPANY 

"Serving  Baltimore  Over  100  Years 

26th  and  SISSON  STS.  BALTIMORE  11,  MD. 

BEImont   5-8600 


A.   H. 

FETTING 

CO. 

MANUFACTURING  and  RETAILING 

JEWELERS 

314 

N 

CHARLES  ST.- 

-1 

BALTIMORE, 

MD. 

Manufacturers  of  the  Official  Alumnae  Pin 

PLaza  2-1832 

SNYDER  NURSING  HOME 

LINCOLNWAY,  WEST 
R.  D.  3,  GETTYSBURG,  PA. 

RUTH  ANNA  SNYDER,  R.N.  Phone  285-Y 


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HAHN    & 

HAHN 

FLORISTS 

324  WEST  SARATOGA  STREET 

BALTIMORE 

1,  MD. 

MUlberry  5-1949 

SAYLOR'S  AMOCO  SERVICE  STATION 

JUST  SEE  NEIL 

REDWOOD  and  GREENE  STREETS— 1 

SAratoga    7-8960 


THOMAS  J.  KENNY,  Inc. 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 

HOLLINS  and   GILMOR  STREETS 
Gllmor  5-5473  Baltimore  23,  Maryland 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND 


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MURRAY  -  BAUMGARTNER 
SURGICAL  INSTRUMENT  COMPANY,  INC. 

Equipment   and   Supplies    for: 

Doctors 

Hospitals 

Laboratories 

Industrial  Clinics 


5  W.  CHASE  STREET 


BALTIMORE  1,  MD. 


SAratoga    7-7333 


UNIVERSITY    RESTAURANT 

SERVING  BREAKFAST,  LUNCH  and  DINNER 

REDWOOD  and  GREENE  STREETS— 1 


SAM  and  BOB  LEWIS,  Props. 


MUlberry  5-9163 


MAURICE-JOSEPH 

BEAUTY  SALON 

114  W.  MULBERRY  STREET— 1 

MUlberry   5-5458 

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UNIVERSITY   PHARMACY 

(FORMERLY  SOLOMON'S) 

524  W.  BALTIMORE  STREET 
BALTIMORE   1,  MD.  MUlberry  5-9125 


NURSES  UNIFORM  COMPANY 

Nurses'  Uniforms  Made  to  Individual  Measure 
PERFECT      FIT 

SCHOOL    UNIFORMS 
(Official  Maker  of  U.   of  Md.   Graduafe  Nurse   Uniforms) 

1822  E.  MONUMENT  ST.— 5  EAstern  7-4744 


KATHERINE  MARTIN 

BALTIMORE  HARDWARE 

GIFTS  and  GREETING  CARDS 
BANDAGE   SCISSORS 

BALTIMORE  and  GREENE  STREETS— 1 


UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND  83 


Compliments 

of 

HERBERT   T. 

NEALE 

ETHICON    INCORPORATED 

Pals  Meet  at  Al's 

AL'S    RESTAURANT 

BREAKFAST  —  LUNCHEON  —  DINNER 

SANDWICHES  OF  ALL  KINDS 

Spaghetti  and  Meatballs  a  Specialty 

REDWOOD  and  GREENE  STS.— 1  Phone  SA  7-9559